Center of the Earth Experiment

The center of the earth kind of has bubbly things. On MythBusters they tested can a whirlpool suck you down, and they proved you can. It's sort of like that, but instead of staying there and dying the oil gets pulled back to the surface.

(mom's version below)

We filled a glass jar 3/4 full of water, then added about 2" of oil. Then we poured in salt, one tablespoon at a time. The salt pulled some of the oil down with it, but as soon as the salt dissolved the oil floated back up. It reminded me of the lava lamp my grandmother had when I was a child.

Mixing Stuff

Today we tried mixing things together. Here are the results:

water + sugar = this didn't work. the sugar didn't mix

water + molasses = this worked. the molasses wasn't sticky anymore, it was like water but not the color of water.

water + baking soda = looked like water

water + vinegar = light yellow water

water + baking soda + vinegar = light yellow water with bubbles

water + oil = did not work. It looked like the layers of the earth, with the water at the bottom (like lava) and the oil at the top (like the earth)

Then I mixed it all together and the molasses won. Then it exploded. That was a joke.

The Volcano Experiment

This is a good experiment for lava. It's toy lava. In a measuring cup we put vinegar (1/3 as much as the bottle will hold), red food coloring (everyone knows lava is red) and dish soap (1 Tbsp). In an empty Vitamin Water bottle we put baking soda (1 Tbsp).

Mom put brown construction paper around the bottle so it looked like a mountain, then put it in a dish.

I poured the vinegar in the bottle and it exploded slowly. There were red bubbles. It was like a lava pond. There are lava ponds in the earth. They go in the bottom of the volcano, then it gets fuller and fuller and closer to eruption.

Now the brown paper is all soggy. If you put it on your head and pour some stuff in, it will explode. It won't kill you.

The volcano says: "I will eruption you now. That was a joke"

Now I'm on YouTube.com watching volcano videos. Some of the lava comes from the middle of the earth, and that's making the volcano.

Not bubble stuff

Today we tried to make bubble stuff out of water, soap and corn syrup. Corn syrup is yummy! I mixed it all up. It was green.

I helped mom make a big bubble wand out of a hanger, string and duct tape. I got a bubble on the hanger but it popped. I tried again and again and again and it still popped. This myth is busted.

Mom said we need to buy some glycerin. She found another kid website with better recipes.

Putting out Fire

Yesterday I learned how to put out a fire without water. I put baking soda in a bowl, then mom lit a candle and put it in the bowl. Mom helped me pour vinegar on the baking soda. It had white bubbles. The candle when littler and littler and had no oxygen left, then it blew out.

Then we did the experiment again, but instead of vinegar I dumped a glass of water on the candle. That made it go out too.

I wore my fireman outfit to make sure nothing went on fire or didn't go on me or mom or anything else.

If you see a fire, make sure every door is not locked. If you have a toy fire suit, wear it when you do an experiment with fire. Do no put 1,000 lighters in your car or it will break your windows and go on fire, and all of them will be broken. I saw this on Mythbusters yesterday.

Do not put 100 match heads in one big bucket or it will explode like a fireball. I saw that on Mythbusters too. That is my favorite show because it's telling me to not do any of their experiments, only with toys. I will do the toy experiments.

We made it rain....aka The Boring Experiment

Today my mom and I made it rain. Rain is important. Animals, cockroaches, even humans and my new penguin Skipper need rain. Mom boiled a pot of water, then I put ice cubes in a smaller pot. She held the ice cube pot over the boiling water and it dripped - we made rain. I thought this was sort of boring and prefer The Coke Experiment. We made a video of that but my mom is having trouble getting it to upload.

Maybe we'll try later. Right now I'm busy pulling Skipper, 3 other friends and some tennis balls in a car we made out of a shoe box. I put the string on my mom's new lanyard and I'm towing them around the house.

The Coke Experiment

This experiment is good and safe. It's from our kid science book. I've done this experiment 10 times I think. My mom is going to tell you how to do this.

Mix 2 tsp baking soda in a glass filled half-way with water. Put the glass in a container as this will overflow. Pour vinegar into the glass and watch it foam! The base (baking soda) neutralized the acid (vinegar)

A science experiment you should not do on the road

I like to mix stuff. I dig around in the kitchen and mix whatever my mom will let me. Today I'm mixing water, hand soap, dish soap, corn oil, salt (2 kinds), pepper and food coloring. I'm pouring it back and forth between some jars my mom saved for me and a pitcher.

I'm making a blue mix that you can use for kids that are wanting to do experiments. You can sell them. You should not do this on the road because your car will explode if you put it in the engine. That's why I love experiments, because they could kill you if you don't listen to me.

Sugar Glass

We made sugar glass out of water, ice and skin. That was a joke.

You make it with sugar and heat it and stir it. The sugar melts. It was skin color and you could make a pyramid out of it. Then it turned into a liquid. Mom poured it in a pan and put it in the refrigerator. When it was cold I held it. It was sticky. Some day I'm going to eat it, but I didn't want any because it was sticky and looked ewey.

I like this picture because I have a slug face.