Friday, November 2, 2012

Karina's Experiment

For my experiment I got a cup full of water. I put blue food colouring in too, then I mixed it all up.I put baby oil in to the cup. The baby oil floats on top of the water because it is so much lighter than the water. Did you know that? When I put acid reflux tablets inside the cup full of water, blue food colouring and baby oil it starts to bubble.It starts to bubble because the acid makes it bubble.                                                                     

What you need:
  1. water
  2. food colouring
  3. baby oil
  4. acid reflux tablets

Jonathan's Floating Ping Pong Balls!

My experiment is floating a ping pong ball and it is cool!  I liked every body's experiments, but I like Ryan's one the best.

This is how you do a floating ping pong ball - you need a ping pong ball and a hair dryer. Then you turn the hair dryer on and put the ping pong ball on top of the hot air. The ping pong ball will float on top of the hair dryer!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Oliver's Vinegar Explosion in a Bag!

Today I showed my experiment. An experiment is a kind of magic trick. Like if you put one teaspoon of baking soda and vinegar into a Gladbag it will pop! My sister helped me to put Baking Soda and Vinegar into a bag and then we sealed the bag shut. The vinegar and baking soda make a reaction that makes them fizz. It started filling the bag with air and the bag got fatter and fatter. It was great. In the end the bag got too full of air and it popped. It was an exciting experiment!




Leticia's Vinegar and Baking Soda Volcano

On an exciting day, when my class was learning all about experiments, my teacher (Miss Williams) let all of us bring an experiment. I brought my experiment two days ago. It was a volcano (but not a real one). It is one that is made of vinegar and baking soda. This is how you make it:

You will need:


  • An egg shell with a small hole on top
  • Vinegar
  • Baking Soda


Instructions:


  1. Put 3 teaspoons of baking soda into the egg shell.
  2. Pour the vinegar into the egg shell.
  3. Stand back and watch what happens!




The vinegar and the baking soda make a reaction that creates bubbles and a thick foam comes erupting out of the eggshell. It is a cool experiment! All of the people in my class enjoyed watching the volcano erupting.




Floating Cardboard by Dhruv

On Tuesday it was my experiment day. My experiment was making cardboard float!

What You Need:

  • A cup full of water (full to the very top!)
  • Cardboard.


Instructions: 
  • Fill the cup with  water
  • Put the cardboard on top of  the cup of water
  • Count to 10
  • Turn the cup upside down, still holding the cardboard
  • Count to 10 again
  • Let go of the carboard
  • The cardboard will stick to the cup and will float under the cup, even though nothing is holding it there!


Ryan's Paper Bridge



On Tuesday I did my experiment. Each child had to do an experiment. I made a paper bridge. To make a paper bridge you need two cups, a glue stick and paper. First you put the paper on the 2 cups, and then put the glue on the paper. It falls because the paper is not strong enough to hold a glue stick. But if you fold it back and forth like a fan and then put the glue on the paper it does not fall!! :p Folding the paper makes it much stronger and you can balance the glue stick on it!



Everyone enjoyed my experiment :)