Crack that Marble!

1. Before beginning any of the other

stations, place one marble in the pan
on the hot plate.
2. After completing all of the
stations, ask the teacher to help you
remove the marble from the pan.
3. Using tongs, take your marble and
QUICKLY place it in a beaker filled
with ice water.
4. Allow it to cool for several
minutes, and then remove the marble.
 Hot Air Balloon

1. Fill a pan a quarter full of water

and place on a hot plate.
2. Take a balloon and put it over the
top of the empty two liter bottle.
3. Using tongs, grab onto the bottle
and hold it over the boiling water.
DO NOT PUT THE BOTTLE IN
THE WATER!
4. After observing the balloon on the
bottle inflate, use the tongs to put the
bottle into the bucket of ice and
watch what happens to the balloon
when it is cooled.
 Wall of Air?

1. Rip a small piece of scrap paper

and make it into a ball small enough
to fit in the rim of a two liter bottle.
2. Take an empty two liter bottle and
lay it on its side on the counter. Place
the paper ball in the rim of the bottle.
3. Make sure your mouth is directly
in front of the opening in the bottle,
but do not touch your mouth to the
bottle.
4. Using short, hard breaths, try to
blow the paper into the bottle.
*This will not work if you blow at an
angle or with a long, soft breath.
 Milk Jug Transparency

1. Using a pair of tongs pick up one of the

translucent pieces of milk jug. Translucent
means that only some light can pass through it.
2. Hold the piece of milk jug over the Bunsen
burner and watch the milk jug become
transparent. Transparent means that you can see
through it because light can pass through it!
3. As soon as the plastic begins to drip, remove
from above the Bunsen burner, but DO NOT set
it back down on the counter.
4. Hold the piece of milk jug in the tongs and let it
cool. It will turn back to translucent!
5. Once the milk jug is again translucent, set it back
on the counter.
 Bottle Balloons
1. Open a can of pop and pour it into an empty baby
bottle. You may have to wait for the fizz to go down
before pouring more in. The pop should go to the very
top of the bottle!
2. Take the nipple to the baby bottle and screw it
TIGHTLY on top of the bottle.
3. Place your pointer finger on top of the nipple so that it
covers the holes on the top of the nipple. It is
important that your finger covers all the holes
completely and that you have a strong grip on the
bottle.
4. Add your other hand to the bottom of the bottle to
make sure you have a secure grip.
5. Shake the bottle as hard as you can for one full
minute! DO NOT REMOVE YOUR FINGER FROM
THE TOP OF THE NIPPLE!
6. Turn the bottle upside down and the pop will run into
the nipple. This will show how much gas was in the
pop.
7. Turn the bottle over again with your finger still
blocking the holes of the nipple. Take the top of the
bottle off to release the CO2 gas. Now, you may
remove your finger from the nipple.
8. Screw the top of the bottle back on and try blow up the
bottle again. Can you do it twice?
 Ferrofluid
1. Hold the container.
2. Take a magnet and slowly approach the black fluid.
3. Experiment with how the distance the magnet is from
the Ferrofluid and how the strength of the magnet
affects the size of the spikes.