Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Rocket propulsion

We have been experimenting with different ways of propelling objects. Our first experiment was with denture cleansing tablets, water and balloons. We discovered that the tablets reacted with water and made a gas which inflated the balloon. This is what happened.

We tried putting a tablet in a film canister with water and putting the lid on. Some reacted quickly but others had a wee while to wait!
 

2 comments:

  1. Love the science video clips...experiments are such good fun!It is exciting to watch them as they happen.


    Ms Rosie

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  2. It is great seeing these science experiments on videos - they will help you to remember what happened. Some of the lids on the film jars went off very quickly with quite a bang!
    I am sure you are learning lots form doing these fun experiments. Mrs Miller

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