---
title: "5 Crazy Science Experiments You Won’t See At School"
description: "We're all familiar with the standard science experiments that you try at school. Like how you take a fish tank, fill it with water, cover it with saran wrap, and watch the water evaporate. However, the below video contains a few experiments that you probably haven't seen, and which you'll likely never see at school.  The chemical..."
date: "2014-11-02"
modified: "2017-06-09"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton"
url: "https://futurism.com/5-crazy-science-experiments-wont-see-school"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# 5 Crazy Science Experiments You Won’t See At School

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pumpkin.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://youtu.be/8xHXx5HARC8" target="\_blank"\>Grant Thompson/YouTube\</a\>\</em\>*

We're all familiar with the standard science experiments that you try at school. Like how you take a fish tank, fill it with water, cover it with saran wrap, and [watch the water evaporate.] However, the below video contains a few experiments that you probably haven't seen, and which you'll likely never see at school. The chemical reactions that are explained in the video are a little more...explosive...than what you get in your average chemistry class.

## WATCH: Crazy Science Stunts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xHXx5HARC8

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