Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I teach 8th grade and, although they get their basic science education from another teacher, I have a large block of homeroom time in which I would like to do supplementary work in chemistry and physics. Specifically, I am interested in the chemistry of dyeing fabrics], with a large range of natural dyes. Also in tinkering with circuits. Do you have any ideas, or, even better, lessons that I could use to do this. I am not a science expert, but I love to experiment and am totally willing to try and learn. Thanks.

Hi bonnietoo,

We have a few different resources related to dyes. This first gives step-by-step directions for experiments that explore how different types of fibers absorb dyes:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p019.shtml

This project is only slightly related to fabric dyes. It uses the dyes already present in silk ties as a way to color eggs:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p103.shtml

Finally, the page below links out to a video about natural dyes:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/news/article?id=48748


We have more resources for circuits. This search result page lists all of the different circuit-related projects. You can filter them by difficulty, cost, time, and material availability using the menu options at the right side of the screen.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... &s=circuit

This page lists all of the different project resources that we have that are related to circuits.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... ,3,4,5&p=1

Post back if you have other questions!