Explosive!! in a good way

Tonight was just pure fun.
(If I figure out how to download a video clip I will try to add it in the next few days or at least I may have to have Stephen do it for me. No promises though)

Nicole and a friend from school are working on a science project. While working with them to come up with a topic or subject, all that these two girls wanted was that the experiment involved something that was going to pop. Stephen had searched for suggestions that might fit their criteria. You may have guessed the suggestion - homemade rockets. Yes, mix some household liquids with baking soda and up soars the film canister.

On Saturday, to do a quick test, Stephen took a canister into the bath tub. Nicole, Savannah, Meagan, Sarah and I joined to see what a little baking soda and vinegar could do. Stephen hardly had the lid snapped on and off it popped. I had to laugh when all the girls jumped and squealed. Everyone in the bathroom ducked and I mean everyone jumped. It was even more funny later when Savannah let her mom know what they were planning to do. This was her description "You make rockets. It is really fun and scary too. It even scared Mr Tamming."

Tonight, the bigger tests were done in a safer place - a gym. A larger area for the rockets to soar and less mess in the house. It was exciting to see the canister soar. It wass exciting to wait the expected but unknown time of the "pop." It was nerve racking to wait and wonder if the mixture is really a "dud" or not. Oh how wonderful it is to mix just a couple of common items and create such a wonderful explosion and squeal with delight each and every time.