It’s British Science week and to celebrate, I joined Mr Dilly for a British Science Week bonanza with Ben Hoare and Isabel Thomas.
I spoke with My Dilly about How to Make Diamonds from your Pencils and whether it is actually possible to make diamonds from your pencils. We also spoke about everything from quicksand to quarks and even made a detour to one of my favourite films, The Princess Bride.
I shared my top six favourite facts from How to Make Diamonds from your Pencils and here they are here in a countdown from six to one:
6. The Statue of Liberty was originally an red-orange colour and only turned blue-green after the metal in the coating of the statue interacted with the air.
5. It is technically possible to make diamonds from your pencils!
4. Red cabbage can be used like litmus paper.
3. Silly Putty was made my mistake! It was created in an experiment gone wrong in trying to make cheap rubber.
2. You can make your own ice cream using a sandwich bag of ice cubes and salt.
1. You can make plastic from milk, using vinegar.
Happy British Science Week, everyone! Have fun discovering awesome new things.
