Today's experiment is a winner! I enjoyed this as much, if not more than little man. Of course that being said (you will be surprised to know science is not my strong suit) - the blog where I pulled this gem,
Science Bob, would want me to tell you that it is a science
demonstration - because you are not actually testing anything.
You will be creating a
simple rocket. As I mentioned at the beginning of the week, this is where the film canister and Alka-Seltzer comes in.
The experiment calls for safety goggles - since it is summer you can use your sunglasses. As a note, these things really fly so we instituted a count down and I would suggest drawing a circle around in chalk and making that a "no fly" area. Little Man loved running in with me to set down the canister and then running back outside the circle - bonus calorie burn!
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Questions to get the discussion going - how high do you think the rocket went? Taller than a giraffe, the house? two of mommy? how many of you? Where would you take a rocket? How would it feel to fly that high or go that fast? Why do you think it makes that popping noise when it blasts off? What noise do you think a real rocket makes?
Hint - my canisters were the black version, not the white Science Bob suggests, and the first times we tried it didn't blast off. In order to create a tighter seem I used masking tape around the mouth of the canister and it worked perfectly.
Enjoy and get ready for plenty of giggles!
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