Saturday, October 10, 2009

Mad Scientists

What are they teaching kids in school these days?! Ian came home the other day and wanted to show me how they created a volcano. Two boxes of baking soda and three bottles of vinegar later we had a major mess going.

It was pretty cool how the foam would come shooting up out of the bottle. There is one trick I learned to do by mixing baking soda and vinegar but it was late and the kids had to go to sleep so I couldn't show them, but if you mix them in a bowl that has high sides the carbon dioxide that is created will stay in there and if you blow bubbles over it the bubbles will land on the CO2 and appear to float. It is actually a pretty cool effect.


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