To spice up our Chemistry life, Monique and I wanted to do another lab. We had done one last section, and it had been pretty fun.
We took to looking up something that cause a chemical reaction. We decided on chalk rockets. We had to make our own alka-seltzers, which was super fun. We got to use the press to make them, and we pressed the baking soda, and citric acid, etc. It was interesting actually making the alka-seltzers, because I thought we were just going to buy them and be done with it. That wasn't the case. It was nice to take the time out to see what exactly that stuff is made of, and how it actually works. We had to look up some YouTube videos to see how it chemically reacted with the acids in our stomachs. I thought that that stuff was the most interesting part. I'm really into anything medical, and the science behind it was awesome. That experience can be found in the video below. The reaction that was taking place was much like the bathbombs I made last year. If you want to check out the video on that, click on the "Freshman", "Semester 2" and "Physics" tabs above. The things that were taking place was the citric acid, etc. It was awesome to see.
The actual experience of the chalk rockets was kind of difficult. Making the alka-seltzers was really fun. I'm beginning to think that I just like to use the press. We needed liquid chalk, and we were working with normal sidewalk chalk. In order to break it down even further, we had to soak and microwave them with vinegar. Andrew had told us that it would help, because it had a lot of acidity in it. Getting the chalk melted was super difficult, and smelled really bad. The kids in the fishbowl didn't appreciate it.
The reaction can be found on our proposal that was approved, and it features in the video down below. It was super scary to watch the first time, because we didn't know if it would work, what would happen, or when. I liked watching it go up high, and I was surprised when it did. We lost the film canister a couple of times, which was crazy. We made our friend go get it. You can see all of the fun down below, in the video. I learned all about the reaction taking place, and it made me reflect on the things I previously learned last year with the bath bombs I made.
I helped out a lot in the group that I worked with, which was just Monique. I'm really good with documenting things and making sure we can get them up on our blog. It always takes a little bit of extra work, but that's fine with me. This video was really fun to edit, because our reactions was priceless.
We took to looking up something that cause a chemical reaction. We decided on chalk rockets. We had to make our own alka-seltzers, which was super fun. We got to use the press to make them, and we pressed the baking soda, and citric acid, etc. It was interesting actually making the alka-seltzers, because I thought we were just going to buy them and be done with it. That wasn't the case. It was nice to take the time out to see what exactly that stuff is made of, and how it actually works. We had to look up some YouTube videos to see how it chemically reacted with the acids in our stomachs. I thought that that stuff was the most interesting part. I'm really into anything medical, and the science behind it was awesome. That experience can be found in the video below. The reaction that was taking place was much like the bathbombs I made last year. If you want to check out the video on that, click on the "Freshman", "Semester 2" and "Physics" tabs above. The things that were taking place was the citric acid, etc. It was awesome to see.
The actual experience of the chalk rockets was kind of difficult. Making the alka-seltzers was really fun. I'm beginning to think that I just like to use the press. We needed liquid chalk, and we were working with normal sidewalk chalk. In order to break it down even further, we had to soak and microwave them with vinegar. Andrew had told us that it would help, because it had a lot of acidity in it. Getting the chalk melted was super difficult, and smelled really bad. The kids in the fishbowl didn't appreciate it.
The reaction can be found on our proposal that was approved, and it features in the video down below. It was super scary to watch the first time, because we didn't know if it would work, what would happen, or when. I liked watching it go up high, and I was surprised when it did. We lost the film canister a couple of times, which was crazy. We made our friend go get it. You can see all of the fun down below, in the video. I learned all about the reaction taking place, and it made me reflect on the things I previously learned last year with the bath bombs I made.
I helped out a lot in the group that I worked with, which was just Monique. I'm really good with documenting things and making sure we can get them up on our blog. It always takes a little bit of extra work, but that's fine with me. This video was really fun to edit, because our reactions was priceless.