magic and science

magic

magic - trick with water and ice. How did I do that?
Trick with predicting a card. How did I do that?
Magic and science.
disappearing rabbit trick. Make something a kid has disappear. have them bark like a dog. Clap.
How does this work?
The trick thumb. Make a piece of paper vanish. Make a handkerchief appear.
kid lie on floor, hold arms over head, explain sensation. slowly lower kid's arms... tell me to stop when you think it will touch the floor.

Magic floating arm.
hydrophobic sand (can do with matches)... you can use baby powder to do this at hime.

3 cup monte with hydrophilic gel. Dissect a diaper.

Ninja popsicle sticks
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Pick a number, any two digit number will do.

Add the two digits together and then subtract the total from the original number.

The result will always be a multiple of nine, so adding the digits of your answer will always result in the number nine.

38=11=27/3(first number)=9
96=15=81/8=9
This trick begins with a stacked deck! Separate the Aces and Kings from an ordinary poker deck. Place the 4 Aces on top of the other cards. Place the Kings on top of the Aces. Kings are now uppermost in the deck.

Find a volunteer and say something like: "You look like you can deal out a mean hand of cards! Please take this pack and deal out two piles, alternating cards."

Let them deal about half of the deck and then say: "You may stop anytime you wish". Take the undealt deck of cards and place them aside.

Say to your volunteer: "Now, please pick up one of those two piles and deal it into two smaller piles. Do the same with the other pile so that we will end up with 4 piles of cards."
At this point there will be a king on the top of every deck.

"Turn up the top of any pile. Oh....that's a king. Turn over another - another king! Coincidence. Yet another and another."

Once the volunteer has turned up all 4 kings discard them.

"Anyone here a poker player? What beats four kings? Why.....four ACES, right"

Make some magical passes of your hand over the four piles. Turn up the top card of each pile to reveal ACES

Static Electricity experiments

------------------ static electricity
* A balloon
* A clean head of hair
* Some tiny bits of torn up newspaper
* A sheet of aluminum foil about 1 foot long
* A wool sweater or sock
* A sheet of wax paper about 1 foot long
* A sheet of cellophane wrap about 1 foot long

Begin by blowing up the balloon and rubbing it on your head. What happens to your hair? Now lay the bits of paper out on a table in front of you. Bring the balloon near, but don't actually touch the paper. What happens?

Straw Exercise
Carefully tear one end of the paper and slide about one inch of the straw out of the paper. Rub the straw in and out of the paper for 5-10 seconds. Remove the paper and lay it on the table while hoding one end of the straw with your fingertips. Like a wand, lower the straw and hold it next to the paper, then raise the straw. What does the paper do?