Saturday, December 29, 2007
Diet Coke
Do not try this indoors! Why does the coke erupt? What scientific concept is being illustrated? Do you have any favorite science experiments? Would you show this video to your science teacher? What are some other ways that you could vary this experiment? Could you video any of your experiments, add music, and provide an entertaining video? How?
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I really liked this blog. It was probably my favorite one so far. This blog was kind of interesting. But at the end I thought it was gross when the two guys drank the Coke then spit it out on each other.
I'm not for sure why the Coke erupts but in sivth grade Mrs.Joshi's class did ths experiment. We went outside and let them off. But, we didn't use Mentos. We used mint Life Savors. It still worked.
I do not have any other favorite science experiments. But one that my brother showed me was that if you mixed a can of Sprite and a can of Pepsi you make Generale. I don't know if it works but he said it does. So you'll have to try it and find out.
I would maybe show this to my science teacher but he probably all ready knows about this experiment.
Yes, you could video your experiments. You would have to first video it happening, then go on and customize it to add sound and music.
The blog was really cool!
Diet Coke erupts because the chemicals in the mentos makes it fizz and erupt.i'm not really sure on what science this video shows.
I dont have a favorite science expiriment because I dont like science. I would show it to my 6th grade science because we did that expiriment and it would make her laugh. See is mentos makes any other pop erupt.Yes you could make your own video. All you have to do is video tape it trasfer it to the internet and put it on youtube.com.
Bailey Haller
8th
i loved this blog!!!!!! it was soooooo interesting. i think the coke explodes because of the mentos in it. it kind of reminds me of a volcano. you know the kinds you make it science class. you mix vinager and baking soda and it explodes. if i really thought that i could make a reallty cool experiment and waas able to record it thwen i would show it to my science teacher.
The coke erupts because of the baking soda? Other than that I really dont know.I have done a similiar expirament, baking soda in vinegar, trust me, to much of it and youll have a lot to clean. Yes i would show this video. If i get the time, i will do an expirament and film it.
This blog was so cool. I actually did this with my science teacher last year.
I don't remeber exactly why it happens, but I know there's a chemical in the mentos that reacts with a chemical in the Coke, kinda like baking soda and vinigar.
I remeber we did alot of expiriments last year at my old school, and this was actually my favorite.
I would deffinantly show this to my science teacher, even though he's probably done it.
You could deffinantly video your science expiriments. I mean, these guys did. I thought it was really cool how they made pretty much a water show with the coke.
The carbonation erupts through the bottle.Cells reacting off of eachother.No I do not have a favorite experament.No.Use mentos.Yes by using video maker.
There is a reaction when certain objects are dropped into carbonated liquids; therefore this is why Diet Coke™ erupts. Actually I don't have a favorite science experiment. I believe the only science experiment that I remember is this one, “The Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” I would most likely not show this to my science teacher because most teaches and people have heard of this well known experiment. Yes you could video any of your experiments and add music, and provide an entertaining video. There are numerous ways to do this but I will only say one. The one is by going on Microsoft PowerPoint. First you would have to capture a video, and then you would, put the video on Microsoft PowerPoint. Then you can put CD’s or go to iTunes, and go get some entertaining music. Then if you’re not satisfied, you can go farther by putting borders, pictures, and much more.
Paitan Twigg
7th period
The coke erups because some chemicals can not mix together. I have done this experiment in Mrs Garcia's Class and I went home and did it agian. I thought that it was really neat. But i also tried to do it with regular coke, it didnt work. So that chemical that makes it react is someing that is in the coke and not in the regulr. That elimates some of the ingredients. I would have to say that this experiment and the one where you use baking soda and vinager and it looks like a volcano.I think that it would make a cool video and yes i coyuld add music and make it a entertaining video for the public to watch i think it would make a cool teacher tube video too.
brogan raddish
8th period
The coke erupts because of the acid of the object being dropped into the coke mixes with the acid of the coke and causes a chemical reaction. This experiment illustrates the concept of chemical reaction. Actually, this was my favorite scienc experiment. I did this experiment in Mrs. Garcia's 6th grade science class. It was called," The Diet Coke and Mento Experiment". (How original)
Yes, I would show this science experiment to my teacher. Some ways you can vary the experiment is that you can change the liquid you are dropping the mento in or you can drop different candies and things into the coke. Yes, you could do this by taping it and putting it on your computer. Then, you should customixe and add music. Finlly, you should burn it onto CD and watch it.
Gabby Tenney 7th
This video was pretty cool. I don't know why the coke erupted, so obviously, I don't know what scientific concept was being illustated.
I think that because I have already done this in 6th grade, this is my favorite science experiment.
Maybe you can try to use a different type of soda, or a different type of mints to vary this experiment.
Yes, to provide a entertaining video, you could video tape yourself, of some friends, and upload the video to your computer, and make something in Movie Maker.
-Alexxus Bolling :)
2nd period
The coke erupts because it looked like it was shook up and something was stuck into the lid. I don’t have a favorite science experiment but if I had to pick one it would have to be the volcano yes I would show this video to my science teacher because it is very meaningful and interesting and I know she would like that. Yes I could video tape myself doing one of my own experiments by taking a video camera and tape myself doing something interesting.
Cheyenne Hammond’s
7th period
The coke erupts because the mentos make it fizz. I like all science expiriments mostly, but i like a lot of physics expiriments. I would show it to my teacher, but im sure she knows about it. I think that to make a video of it you could find more creative ways to make it erupt and maybe make the eruptions happen to a certain part of the song you added.
This was a cool Blog!! The coke erupted because there is a reaction between the mentos and the diet coke. What Scientific concept is being illustrated is that with a combination of two different things you can make a cool display. Well I did but this one is now my favorite but some other of my favorite scientific experiment is: When you take vinegar into a bottle and then pour backing soda into a glove then place the glove on the bottle finally than watch what it does.
You could vary this experiment by putting the lid on the bottom a little bit than shaking it and put it down quickly and it may go up. I don’t know if this is true I just think that it would work.
Yes, you could make your own Video out of your experiment. You would have to video it transpher it over to your computer add some and put it on the internet or keep as your own little video.
Katie Nestor
7th period
It erupts because the carbonation in the soda reacts to the mentos. One of my other favorite experiment is puting a long, sharp object and sticking it though a balloon with out popping it. I do believe I should show this vid to my science teacher! You could vary it with pepsi, because I have tried it that way and it works! I could video my tests and edir=t them with movie maker.
i guess the coke explodes because the chemicals dont mix well.the concept is pressure in the soda bottle.my favorite science experiment is with nitrogen and rubber balls,marshmellows and a pop bottle♥the science man takes and puts the ball and the marshmellows in the cold stuff♥
the marshmellows get hard and frozen,and the ball freezies.
then the science guyput the mitrogen in the pop bottle and it went boom,lol♥sure i could atempt to dp that,but i dought if it would work for me.
This video was funny and cool.It was interesting because it showed that there is something in mentos that makes the coke erupt.I Hsve never done a experiment like this before but it looks fun to do.I dont have any favorite science experiemnst because i havent done too many so far.I would show this to my science teacher so that if she liked it we could do it.Yes you could video your experiment but you would have to add all the sound on later. cheyenne shirkey
7th period
There is a reaction when certain objects are dropped into carbonated liquids; therefore this is why Diet Coke™ erupts. Actually I don't have a favorite science experiment. I believe the only science experiment that I remember is this one, “The Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” I would most likely not show this to my science teacher because most teaches and people have heard of this well known experiment. Yes you could video any of your experiments and add music, and provide an entertaining video. There are numerous ways to do this but I will only say one. The one is by going on Microsoft PowerPoint. First you would have to capture a video, and then you would, put the video on Microsoft PowerPoint. Then you can put CD’s or go to iTunes, and go get some entertaining music.
Evan Kosik
1st period
The coke in this experiment erupts because the ingredient in Mentos is Arabic Gum, which makes the mint chewy. This ingredient causes the surface tension of the water to break even more easily releasing more carbon dioxide gas at an astounding rate. Gas causes the pressure to build rapidly inside the bottle which thrusts the soda upward! This scientific concept illustrates a chemical reaction. This is my favorite science experiment. We did it in Mrs. Garcia's class in the sixth grade and the coke exploded all over me. I would definitely show this to my science teacher. This is a great video. Not only would she be amused, but I think the entire class would enjoy this video and learn something, too. You could replace the Mentos with Pop Rocks candy or baking soda to vary this experiment. Yes, I could video tape myself doing an experiment, upload it to my computer, open it in Windows Movie Maker and just add music to make my own video.
Megan DeJong 8th Period
I really liked this blog. I thought it was very interesting and really cool. It was different compared to the other blogs. It was my favrite blog out of all of the blogs. It's caused by "nucleation" of the carbon dioxide in the soda on the candy surface. It's a physical change process and not a chemical one.
Nucleation generally means there's a spot that's favorable for a reaction to occur. The Mentos candy happens to have surface ripe with nucleation points for CO2 that allow it to jump from the liquid to a pure gas quickly. So quickly that it acts as an eruption.You can get similar nucleation effects with other household items, but some of them are dangerous. A good example is not to heat up water in a microwave and then suddenly pour sugar into it. (e.g. like would happen with a cup of coffee). A microwave can easily heat water past it's boiling temperature without actually causing it to boil. The water sits on a hair trigger between liquid and gas states. The sudden introduction of nucleation points (i.e. the sugar) causes the water to jump from liquid to gas suddenly, creating lots of bubbles simultaneously and thus an eruption. You have to be very careful not to get burned. Two cemicals coming together and creating a chemical reaction. I am not sure what is in the coke and mentos, but I am sure that the carbon in the diet coke issetting of the cemical in the mentos. Yes, I would definetly show my science techer because maybe it would give them an idea to do the project. I think it would be really cool to do that project. Some other ways you could vary this experiment would be by trying different kinds of mentosor even trying it with a different kind of soda. you could also put more of one and see what happens. Ye, I think that I could make an experiment. I think that could attempt to make it entertaining. I think that I could put music to the video. I would probably have my dad help me though.
Franki Perry *♥*
The coke erups because some chemicals can not mix together. I have done this experiment at home. I thought that it was really cool. But I also tried to do it with regular coke, it didn’t work. So that chemical that makes it react is something that is in the diet coke and not in the regular. That elimates some of the ingredients. I would have to say that this experiment and the one where you use baking soda and vinager and it looks like a volcano. Shane Richardson 1st
The coke fizzes up because the mentos makes it fizz up. I don't really have a favorite science expirement because science isn't really my favorite subject. Yeah I would show this video to my science teacher because I think that she would probabally like it. you could use a different kind of soda or maybe you can use baking soda. You could make a video with entertainment and music by just filming it and putting it on movie maker.
Evan Cameon
1st period
The coke erupts because there are certain chemicals in the mentos that make it fizz and explode. I have really never done a science experiment, except the one last year with the food coloring and the celery, but it was boring. I would show this to my science teacher and hope he would let us do it, ( cough, cough, Mr. Tennant)in class. You could probably use a different type of candy or soda-pop. Yes, after I would do an experiment, I could go on moviemaker and add sound, and make it awesome. =]
Tina Woodring
2nd period
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The coke erupts because there are certain chemicals in the mentos that make it fizz and explode. I have really never done a science experiment, except the one last year with the food coloring and the celery, but it was boring. I would show this to my science teacher and hope he would let us do it, ( cough, cough, Mr. Tennant)in class. You could probably use a different type of candy or soda-pop. Yes, after I would do an experiment, I could go on moviemaker and add sound, and make it awesome. =]
Tina Woodring
2nd period
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The coke erupts because there are certain chemicals in the mentos that make it fizz and explode. I have really never done a science experiment, except the one last year with the food coloring and the celery, but it was boring. I would show this to my science teacher and hope he would let us do it, ( cough, cough, Mr. Tennant)in class. You could probably use a different type of candy or soda-pop. Yes, after I would do an experiment, I could go on moviemaker and add sound, and make it awesome. =]
Tina Woodring
2nd period
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The coke erupts like a volcano because of a chemical in the mentos that reacts to the chemical in the Coke. I really dont have a favorite science experiment. I would show this to my science teacher.You could do a slide show with sound and pictures you could make your own video, put music on it and make it entertaining by putting differant volcanic type chemicals that do the same thing on it like vinigar and soda.
Audia Bartlett
7th period
I liked this video, it was pretty cool. The scientific concept being demonstrated is a chemical reaction.
My favorite experiment is when you put a lighted match down in a narrow vase and then put an egg in the neck of the vase. The egg gets sucked down into the vase.
I would show this video to Mrs. DeWitt and I think that she would like it. I could try to change the experiment by changing the cola, adding a diiferent types of mints, or even changing the temperature. I could video myself doing an experiment with music and I could do some entertaining things with my friends.
Nick Sinclair
8th period
This video was funny and cool. It was interesting because it showed that there is something in mentos that makes the coke erupts. I have done an experiment like this before it was fun to do. I don’t have any favorite science experiments because I haven’t done too many so far. But I do like to work with chemicals. I would show this to my science teacher so that if she liked it we could do it. Yes you could video your experiment but you would have to add all the sound on later. Shane Richardson 1st
The mentos made a chemical reaction that made it erupt. I like disecting a frog, cause it looks cool and is an easy A. Yes, I would show this video to Mr. Tennant, I hope he will give extra credit. You could use m&ms. Yes I could. I would add a nickleback song and add fire.
The coke erupts because of the chemicals in both the mentos and the diet coke reacting with each other; this makes the diet coke fizz and it explodes. The scientific concept that is being illustrated is chemical reaction, I think. I don't have a favorite science experiment though. Yes, I would show this video to my science teacher hoping he would let us try this in his class. You could vary this experiment by using different candy and different sodas. You could have someone video tape your experiments and add music like a power point on the computer. This would make it entertaining.
Shelby Sawyer ♥
5/6th period
The coke 'explodes' because the pressure builds up because of the chemical reaction between the coke and the ingredients in the Mentos (Wow, I sounded really smart there for a minute!). My favorite science experiment was whe Mrs. DeWitt put different chemicals on fire and it burned different colors. I think Mrs. DeWitt has something like this for us to do, so showing this to her would be saying something she already knew. You could vary this experiment by using different things besides the Mentos. You could do a show of your experiment and show that as a video.
carey morris
The diet coke erupt's because of the mento's disagree with the pop. I really don't know what concept that is being illustrated. I don' really have any favorite science experiments. I am not a big fan in science. Yes, I would show this to my science teacher but she probally has already seen it. You could vary this experiment by using regular pop. Probally not I am not that talented.
Taylor Gross 2nd
The diet coke erupts in this video because when you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites. This is a perfect place for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos hit the diet coke, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. When all the gas is released from the Mentos being at the bottom of the diet coke bottle, it pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle in an incredible soda blast.
The scientific concept being illustradted is a chemical reaction. Many scientists think this is a physical reaction. I feel it is a chemical reaction.
I would definately show this video to my science teacher. I think this is very interesting, and it would be fun to try in class (outside of course).
Some other ways to vary this experiment would be to put salt in the diet coke. This would cause it to foam up because thousands of little bubbles form on the surface of each grain of salt. I also think Alka Seltzer and Pop Rocks would be interesting to try.
One of my favorite science experiments we did in my science class was the egg drop. Some kids eggs did not make the drop and they broke. It was fun to do and to watch.
Yes, you can video your experiments. Then take a USB cord and plug it into your video camera and your computer. You can put the video on Youtube. You can get music from your itunes. Then put the music together with your video and everyone can see your experiment.
Colbi Dick
2nd. period
This blog was aWeSoMe!.!.!
The coke erupted because of the mixture of two highly reacting formulas.
I reall don't know the scientific concept that is being illustrated, but I think we should do it in our science class!
I deffinately want to show this video to my science teacher. I think that this would be a really cool experiment to do outside at the end of the year.
I know that you can use baking soda and vinegar and it would react in kind of the same way.
I guess that you could vdeo tape the mixture of vinegar and baking soda and show it to your science class. It would be entertaining if you could find a pulley system to pour either the baking soda or the vinegar into the bottle. That would be kind of like what these two guys just performed in their experiment.
Tommy Bice
2nd Period <3
This was a really cool video. It was like a whole bunch of fountains. Amazing. =) The diet coke erupts because of a process called "nucleation," in which the particular chemistry of the Mentos candy interacts with the chemistry of the carbonated Diet Coke, causing the carbon dioxide gas, or CO2, to suddenly come out of suspension in the liquid and make a break for freedom. But you have to have the right Mentos. The non-mint type have a glaze on them, and they don't work at all. It only works with the mint ones, because they have a matte finish. That surface serves as these little portals for the gas to escape through. But the story doesn't end there. There's a cascade that happens with -- it's a little esoteric -- an ion exchange. Basically the Mentos starts to dissolve, and it's like tripping a switch. It's not what you would call a chain reaction, because that's something else in chemistry terms, but it's a cascade whereon all of a sudden, all of the CO2 that was contained in the liquid is suddenly not as attracted to the liquid as it was before, because of this slight change in the chemistry that occurs. The diet coke experiment is my favorite science experiment. The coke is pretty when it shoots up in the air. It is so amazing I would show it to my science teacher. To vary this experiment, you could try another mint in the diet coke. You could make an amazing video of entertaining science experiments and include this one. You could record it and add effects on your computer.
Emily Jordan pd. 2
I really liked this blog it was really cool. The Coke erupted because the chemicals from both the mentos and from the coke join together. The scientific concept in this is chemical reaction. My favorite science experiment is this one we did last year, where you had a battery, lightbulb, and aluminum foil, and what you had to do is make the lightbulb turn on. Yes, I would show this to my science teacher because it looks like a really fun thing to do. Another way you could vary this experiment is maybe use different mints of a different type of soda. Sure, if I wanted to I'm sure I could get with my friends and have one of us video tape the others and then once we got it on the computer just add music. Haha, I'm sure it be very entertaing/interesting to watch us in a video
Ali Sansalone
8th Period
That was so cool! I think, that was the blog I have enjoyed the most so far. The coke erupts because a chemical inside the mentos react with another chemical inside the coke. When these two items [coke and mentos] are mixed together, this blend obviously creates a really cool explosion as shown in the video. If the coke and mentos was one of our science experiments it would be my favorite, but it isn’t. My most liked science experiment so far would now have to be where Mrs. Dewitt put a magnet thing to the TV and turned parts of it into a different color. {It was really cool} I would so totally show this video to my science teacher, hoping that we would be able to do something of this sort. Another experiment similar to this would be in my imagination to try to put a different candy/mint in the soda. As shown in this video you could tape you and your friends doing an experiment, add music, and still make it fun. After I actually think about it if I had the right materials and the knowledge how to work them it would be quite easy [I have really entertaining friends].
-Lauren Gower
-2nd period
I really liked this blog. My little sister, Katheryn, wanted to watch it over and over again. [;
I believe the coke erupts because of a certain substance in the Mentos. This substance breaks the surface tension in the Diet Coke, which then causes the carbon dioxide bubbles in the soda to escape very quickly.
I do not know the scientific concept being illustrated in this video.
I would have to say that one of my favorite science experiments is defiantly a model of a volcano. The last time I've made one of these was in the third grade, but I can remember how much fun I had making it and experimenting with it.
I would show this video to my science teacher.
Some other ways I could vary this experiment is trying out different types of "candies" to see if they have the same reaction on the Diet Coke as the Mentos did.
Yes, you could video your experiments trying out different things with the Diet Coke. Afterwards, you could probably add music onto the video.
MacKenzie Kline
2nd Period
I thought this was an exciting blog this week. The coke erupts because of the acids in both of them react to each other and explode. I really don't have any favorite science experiment; I like a lot of them. I think you could use different pops and instead of mentos maybe se life savers. Yes, I could do an experiment, video tape it, and add music to it. I could get a friend to do the experiment with me and get another friend or one of my parents to video it, then put it on the compter and add the music.
alyssa linger 1st period
I thought this was an exciting blog this week. The coke erupts because of the acids in both of them react to each other and explode. I really don't have any favorite science experiment; I like a lot of them. I think you could use different pops and instead of mentos maybe se life savers. Yes, I could do an experiment, video tape it, and add music to it. I could get a friend to do the experiment with me and get another friend or one of my parents to video it, then put it on the compter and add the music.
alyssa linger 1st period
Wow... that was so awesome! :] I really liked this video. The coke erupts because of the acids in each the Mentos and diet coke react to each other. My favorite science experiment would have to be in 7th grade. We went all through my old school and put up pieces of paper with tape stuck to them. About 5 days later we went back and saw what they looked like. In the wood working area the tape was very dirty and it had hundreds of dust particles on it. We also checked other parts of the school. We got to see how much dust and dirt is in the air all the time. It was really neat when the whole experiment was over.
Of course I would show this video to my science teacher. It would be really fun to do this as an experiment in class. It would also make more people pay attention because we would be doing something very exciting.
If they were to do this experiment again they could maybe try some kind of liquid with more sugar and acid in it and maybe try pop rocks (i love those things), or the Jones Soda Company candies. (they fizz in your mouth.)
I believe that I would be able to video an experiment and add music. I and a group of friends or even my family could conduct an experiment and tape it. Then we could add music to the video on the computer!
Olivia DUke <3
1st Period [:
Even though I'm a week late on this blog, I loved it ! It was a lot of fun to watch.
Making an educated guess, I'm thinking the coke erupts because the mento's causes the carbon dioxide to erupt, causing a chemical reaction.
We haven't done that many science experiments in the past but I thought the egg drop experiment was a lot of fun. I tried so many different ways to try to keep the egg from breaking but each time it broke. Finally, I came up with a shelter to keep it from breaking.
I would most definitely show this video to my science teacher. Why not? I think he would really find it interesting and maybe even consider us doing it this year for a class experiment. Which would be a lot of fun!
Some other ways you could vary this experiment would be trying a different soda, or maybe even a different kind of candy.
Yes! You could make a very entertaining video using moviemaker. First you would have to video the experiment.( Of course) Then, all you have to do is put the video onto movie maker, add a cool song, edit a couple things and then you have a video. Of course there's other ways you can do this. Another one would be PowerPoint.
Makenzi Robinson (:
2nd period.
( Sorry I’m so late on this ): !
Why does coke erupt, well i dont really know but i think it has something to do with the carbon in the bottle. So that kids can see how fun science can if you just put a little fun into it. No, I don't have any favorite science experiments. Yes because maybe she would let us do it one day. Well no i would not be able to make the coolest video every because i am not good with technology.
Brittany Morgan
7th
THIS BLOG WAS REALLY COOL!!
The coke erupts becuase the reaction the mentos has with the coke makes it fizz which in turn makes th e coke spew up and out. The cells in the coke react to the fizzing of the mentos which is a very small but very powerful, which is the equivalent to shaking up the coke. One of my favorite science experiments would have to be the egg drop! I might but I don't think he would be particurally interested in it. COUGH COUGH (Mr.Tennant) YOu could make this experiment vary by using different times of mints or candies to see what happened. i could but I can't promise you that it would be a really good video but I can assure you that I would have tried my hardest a making a really good video. First I would, find an experiment that I thought was really cool or really interesting, second I would test to it to see if it worked if it did work I would then show you how to do the experiment in front of the camera so that you could see how I did everything.
Nakoma 1st period
The coke erputs because of the chemical reaction with the mentos. I don't really know what scientific concept is being illustrated. I think my favorite science experiment is when you put baking soda in vinegar and watch it explode(its really cool if you put food coloring in it.) I really would like to show this to Mrs.DeWitt because then maybe she would let us do it. I think that other types of candy would explode in the diet coke, such as Smarties or Life Saver Mints. I don't think regular Coke would work though. I think using Movie Maker or Powoerpoint would be fun but I"m not really sure how I could do it. (By the way this blog was my favorite!!)
Adrianna Curtis
7th period
The coke erupts because the mentos when dropped into the Diet Coke and it causes a chemical reaction with the carbonated drink. The scientific concept is showing that you can have fun when you're being educated. I don't have any favorite science experiments actually. Yes, I would show Mrs. DeWitt this video because she might actually try the experiment. I don't know any other ways to vary this experiment. Yes, you could video your experiments. First, you video the experiment happening. Then, you edit it on the computer and add music. Finally you provide an entertaining video to others.
Aaron Worth
7th period
This video was really cool. I love doing experiments like that. It would be very bad if someone did do this inside. The diet coke erupts because of the mentos. The mentos have thousands of microscopic pits throughout their surface. Carbon dioxide bubbles from the soda form in these pits when the mentos hit the coke. The mentos sink to the bottom of the pop and the bubbles push the liquid pop through the top of the bottle. This is a messy but extremely fun reaction. The scientific concept of this video is a chemical reaction.
Doing science experiments can be really fun. One of my favorite science experiments I have ever preformed is the magnetism experiment. I did this experiment in the fifth grade with Mrs. Saunders. We were to make a nail magnetic using electricity. We first made a simple, electrical circuit with a switch. Then, we coiled wire around the nail. That created a concentrated, magnetic field that attracted small metal objects such as paper clips. It was a pretty cool experiment.
I would show this video to my science teacher. Hopefully he would let us do the coke/mentos experiment one class period. He could explain to us exactly why this works. Although I have already tried this experiment it would be fun to do it again.
There are many other ways to vary this experiment. Of course, the vinegar with baking soda experiment comes to mind. Another way to vary this experiment would be to use other mints, Tums, or Alka-Seltzers. Also, you could change the type of pop or try it with some other fizzy liquid.
It would not be very difficult to video an experiment, add music, and provide an entertaining video. If you or someone you knows has access to a camcorder it would be perfect for videotaping an experiment. You could test out the experiment first and make changes to draw the eye when someone watches it. Then it would be possible to download the video onto the computer. From there you could either put the video on power point or movie maker. Finding a compatable song on the enternet can be tricky but can be done from there. You can put the video on a CD/DVD and invite some friends over to watch the movie. That would be awesome.
Jacob Richards
Constable 1st
This blog was pretty cool. Diet coke erupts cause the chemicals from the diet coke mix with the mentos and produce fix which makes it erupt. I actually don’t know what form of scientific concept is being used. I don’t have any favorite science experiment. I would definitely show this video to my science teacher. I would see how far up in the air the fizz would go. I think I could make my own video. The way I would do that is by getting Brady Dunn to help me.
Logan Demyon
8th period
the coke erupt because each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pores all over its surface. These tiny pores function as nucleation sites for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos enter the soda, bubbles form all over their surface. They quickly sink to the bottom, causing carbon dioxide to be released by the carbonated liquid with which they come into contact along the way.
No I do not have any favorite science experiments eventhough science is my favorite subject.
The scientific concept that is being illustrated is Nucliation
Yes, there is many ways you can do this experiment. You can take different kinds of popo like sprit or gingerale and put mentos or mins in it my they have to be "mint flavored".
Yes, I could make a video and add music by video taping the experiment and putting it on movie maker then add sound.
Cortney Bright
7th period
I thought this blog was really cool because I never knew you could do this. I think the coke erupts because of the substances in the mentos. This is just like a chemical reaction in science. No I dont really try many science experiments because I will probaly blow up Fairmont. Yeah I would because this would be sweet to try so maybe he might let us but i doubt it because it is really messy. I would try to use different pops like pepsi or diet pepsi and then I would try different mints. No im not very good at doing stuff like that.
Andrew Suplita
1st Period
Coke erupts by puting mentos inside the pop and erupts.The scientific concept that is being illustrated is Nucliation. Yes I would show this to my science teacher because it would be intereesting to to show to the class and mabye it could be an expermient. I have alot of favorite science experiments because in sixth grade we went outside and put three bottles of pop outside and put mentos in it and it looked like a fountain.Others ways I could vary you could use it would be to shake up a pop can then put a hole in it and it would explode. Yes I could video my expermiments my video because i would put a lot of stuff included in my video that were really good so yea it would be awsome though.
Gabriella Constable
5th/6th period
Now you know me, I will eventually try to do this in doors. Heck, I think that it may be pretty cool. The Coke erupted because of a chemical reaction that occurs when the acidic compounds of the Mentos reacts with the carbonation of the Coke, resulting in the disbursing of Coke from the bottle. The scientific method being demonstrated is… de-Cokerationsynthesis produced by Mentos. Oh no, I’m just yanking your chain, I seriously don’t know what this process is called. I believe I only have on favorite science project, and it is the dissection of frogs. And I am not yanking your chain on this one. One time in fifth grade, my teacher let us take a whack at cutting some fresh formaldehyde marinated amphibians. Most of those in my class had that, eewy, look on their faces, but I am used to cutting up animals. Heck cutting up a frog is not much different that when I carve up my deer after I have shot it. I would show this video to my science teacher, but I think he may have already seen it. Another way you could perform this experiment is to take baking soda, and dump vinegar on top. This combination has a similar reaction to the Coke-Mentos experiment. And if I were able to make a video about this experiment, I don’t think it will please most; only because my choice of music may make most jeer at the video, instead of a cheer for the video.
Randy Stickley
Period 5/6
Sam Haines
8th Period
I think that this blog was really cool. The coke erupted because the chemicals in the Coke mixed with the chemicals in the Mentos causing the coke to erupt. The scientific concept being illustrated is a chemical reaction. I haven’t really done any science experiments but this is my favorite one to watch. Yes, I would show this video to my science teacher because we are about to do an experiment with chemicals in science class. One way you can vary this experiment is change it to normal Coke and Smarites, which I did once last year in cold lunch (It made a big mess hahaha). Since the Smarties experiment was the only experiment I’ve done I don’t think I’d be videotaping any experiments. However, if I did I would just have a friend videotape me and maybe another friend doing the experiment with my High Deffinition camera then use the high tech software to make music, sound effects and cool text fonts.
The coke erupts because the smooth surface on the candy, for some reason, causes the carbonation in the soda to burst out all at once. The scientific concept of physical change is occurring here. I've never done this experiment, but it looks really fun so I think it would be my favorite. Also just having a little fun with baking soda and vinegar never hurt anyone... You could vary this experiment with different types of candy, soda, and different angles and such. Mrs. DeWitt says she always has wanted to see this in action so yes i would show it to her. It would be very easy to video tape experiments and add music to them. Just use movie maker and import a video. also, you could import the audio of the video into audacity and edit out the sounds you don't want.
This is definitely something that you shouldn’t do indoors. This is one of my favorite blogs because it is interesting and I liked the experiment they did. The mixture between diet coke and baking soda make it erupt. This is an example of a chemical reaction. I have done an experiment like this before with vinegar and baking soda in a zip lock baggy. The mixture explodes. I would show this video because it is very fun to watch and scientific. It is also an exciting way to learn chemistry. I would video myself doing an experiment because it would be fun. This experiment is cool; it reminded me of mini fireworks.
Only some idiot would try this expiriment in doors. I defionitely wouldnt. The scientific concept that is being used is a chemical reaction. This is probably one of my favorite science expiriments of all time. In 6th grade i did thid expiriment in science and megan dejong had to call her mom to get new clothes because the bottle fell sideways. It was hilarious.I would probably not show this to my science teacher because she probably has already saw it a hundred times. But it is still interesting. You could vary this expiriment with vinegar and baking soda. like VOLCANO. yeah i couls add stuff to my expiriments like music and stuff if i knew how but i dont.
I love this blog! Diet coke erupts because the carbonation erupts through the bottle.Causing the cap to pop. This experiment illustrates the concept of chemical reaction. This honestly would be my favorite science experiment. I tried it last year in Mrs.Garcia's class. Yes,I'd show this to my science teacher,but I'm sure she has seen it. Yeah, I could you video any of your experiments.
-ashley charles
-8th period
The main reason the coke erupts is the surface of the mentos. If you put a mentos under a microscope you would find thousands of tiny wholes all over the surface. In these wholes carbon is trapped inside and is then released which increases air pressure inside the bottle which forses the soda up and out of the bottle. The other reason the soda explodes is the sugar content having a chemical reaction with the carbon. But you don't have to use mentos. Sweet tarts, smarties or any other sugary candy will work just fine. I would know because in fifth grade during cold lunch we would pick on Sam Haines by sneaking a smartie into his soda. I think I would like to make a video like this and put music to it and then I probably would show it to my science teacher.
Zachary Parrucci
7th Pd.
The rapid expanding of the carbon dioxide on the surface of the candy is what causes the Diet Coke to erupt when the mentos are dropped in the soda. I would have to say that this is one of my favorite scientific experiments. Yes, I would show this to Mr.Tennant. You can vary this by trying it with different kinds of sodas. Yes, I guess I could make a video and add music.
The coke erupts because of the mix of the carbon in the coke and the carbon in the mentos. I don't have any favorite science experiments. I would most likely not show this to my science teacher because most teaches and people have heard of this well known experiment. Vinegar and baking soda also cause the same kind of reaction when they are mixed together. You could video your experiments and edit them. You can edit them in some ways with Windows Movie Maker. There is also other programs you can buy or download to edit them on your computer.
Nathan Kolar
7th Period
This experiment is awesome!! The diet coke erupts because of the carbon in the mentos reacting to the carbon in the diet coke. The scientific concept being shown is chemical reaction. I do not have a favorite science experiment; but I like a lot of them. I would definitely not show this to my science teacher because knowing her, she been there and done that. You could change the mentos with pop rocks, to vary the experiment. Yes, I could video myself doing my experiment , transfer it to my computer, and then and music.
Jared Burns
8th Period
Diet coke isn't my favorite, but this experiment was awesome. The scientists were very creative in the last experiment and the explosions looked really cool in the video.
The coke erupts because diet coke has a different chemical in it that reacts with the mentos to make it fizz up and out of the bottle. The mentos and coke most likely dissolve into an air like material that pushes the coke out of the bottle and such high speeds that it comes bursting out of the bottle.
Anyone could guess that the concept shown in this video is chemical reaction.
I'm an easy person. I usually think any science experiment is cool, but I enjoyed the egg drop in Mrs. Joshi's class last year. Some of the kids had brilliant ideas and others were... not so brilliant. One kid brought a Burger King coffee cup with no lid and a whoopee cushion parachute. The parachute didn't help any, and the egg fell out. Amazingly, it survived (it wasn't boiled either) and the kid got an A.
I definitely would show this to Mrs. DeWitt. She probably would enjoy it, and we might even get to try it one day. Diet Coke and Mentos aren't very expensive so I could see us going outside on a hot day and getting covered in sticky soft drink.
To vary this experiment. You could try a different substance that has the same chemicals in it that mentos have or maybe a different kind of drink. I think it would be cool if they could make something like that out of Red Bull or Monster.
It would be fairly easy to make a movie out of your favorite science experiment. Some technology gifted kids could probably make this cool video with awesome graphics, but I would stick to a CD. MovieMaker is pretty straightforward and with a couple of transitions and a cool song by Josh Groban, your video could be amazing!
Brianna Woodburn
7th Period
This video was really unique! Science is one of my favorite subjects! It was interesting to watch.
I wonder how long it took those two scientists to set up those experiments?
The coke erupted because the two chemicals didn’t go together. They had a reaction. In 6th grade I liked doing an experiment in Mrs. Joshi’s room. We had to protect an egg and then drop it from a high place and see if it would or wouldn’t break. That was fun to do. I think my science teacher, Mrs. DeWitt would like this video. She likes to do experiments.
Students usually like to see things rather than read about everything. When we visualize things we are working on, we usually have a better chance of remembering the information. I think we learn by doing. At least I do! Yes, I could video tape an experiment and make it really interesting with music and a lot of action.
This experiment was a physical reaction, not a chemical one. Water molecules strongly attract each other, linking together to form a tight mesh around each bubble of carbon dioxide gas in the soda. In order to form a new bubble, or even to expand a bubble that has already formed, water molecules must push away from each other. It takes extra energy to break this "surface tension." In other words, water "resists" the expansion of bubbles in the soda.
When you drop the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. This disrupts the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pits all over the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites - perfect places for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos hit the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. Couple this with the fact that the Mentos candies are heavy and sink to the bottom of the bottle and you've got a double-whammy. When all this gas is released, it literally pushes all of the liquid up and out of the bottle in an incredible soda blast. You can see a similar effect when cooking potatoes or pasta are lowered into a pot of boiling water. The water will sometimes boil over because organic materials that leach out of the cooking potatoes or pasta disrupt the tight mesh of water molecules at the surface of the water, making it easier for bubbles and foam to form.
I would like to see more videos like this one!
Wes Ashcraft
7th period
This is a cool blog. I have seen this video before but have not seen it for quite some time. Basically, the coke erupts because there are a bunch of tiny pits on a Mento's surface. The carbonation from the coke collects in the pits, and instead of floating up like most things, the Mentos cause the coke to erupt. This actually works with M&M's, too, except there is no explosion, the coke just fizzes for a really long time. I would show this to my science teacher because she likes these kind of things. Some ways this experiment could be varied would be to try dropping different items into the coke to see the different kinds of eruptions that are caused. I could video an experiment, though it wouldn't be good quality, because I don't have a video camera and the one on my digital camera doesn't work very well. Since we all got to learn Windows Movie Maker this year, I know how to add music and put together different clips.
I don't know why the coke erupts and i don't know what scientific concept of the experiment. This was one of my favorite science experiments but I also liked to disect these owl pelits when I was in elementary school. I don't think I would remember to show my teacher. Yes, you can make a video like this and add music and all kinds of that stuff to it.
Rachel Waskis
5-6th period.
Diet coke erupts because something in the mentos create a reaction. Which causes it to fizz and eventually explode. The scientific concept that is being illustrated is that you can make really big fountains with diet coke and mentos I guess! Yea my favorite science is when we disected a fish in 7th grade. I guess could show my science teacher he'd probaly wouldnt care for it though knowing him. You could borinate it. Which is my own word for taking something cool and interesting and make it less interesting by ony uusing one diet coke and 3 mentos. Yea probaly i would do a lot of stupid stuff it would be funny.
Austin Paatterson
5/6th
The coke erupts because the mentos has acid and so does the coke. I did this for my science fair project in 6th grade. I really did like it. Try different things instead of mentos because there are so many different things to use. Yes, I could do an experiment, video tape it, and add music to it. I would get a couple friends and one of my parents to help me with some of the stuff.
Sierra Greenlee
2nd
The coke erupts because of a chemical reaction between it and the mentos. The concept being illustrated is that if you put mentos into diet coke it will explode over the top of the bottle. I do have some favorite science experiments. One would have to be when you plug a potato up to wires and a battery, it will light up a light bulb. I probably not show this to my science teacher because she would look at me like I was crazy. Some ways you could vary this experiment would be trying different size bottles and different kinds of pop. You could video tape the potato experiment I already talked about, but it would be pretty boring. You could video tape the bulb lighting up once the wires are properly connected.
haha we did this in sixth grade (;
I’m not sure why the coke erupted and also I don’t know what the scientific concept is being illustrated. This was my favorite science experiment! Mrs. Joshi’s sciences classes did this it was so much fun. Of course we did nothing like what they did in the video. Yes I would show this to my science teacher so we can see if it will work on different kinds of soda expect diets because you know it won’t work because it is diet and has no caffeine. Umm if it was something really cool I would be able too. Also if someone did it and told me to video tape it, and add music then yes I could. lol
Ashley Patterson
2nd. Period
I thinkthe reason why the coke is errupting is because the mentos has something in it. The scientific concept being demonstrated is a chemical reaction. This would probably be my most favorite science expeirment. I would show this video to my science teacher, but she probably knows about it. When i think about his expeirment it makes me think of a volcano using vinger and baking soda. Yes, and it quite possible to make a video of a science ecperiment. I would make it with movie maker.
Kelsey Staggers
2nd
The diet coke reacts with the Mentos by when the Mentos start dissolving, it causes water molecules in the coke to expand and causing the coke to end all fizzy and explode. I don’t really know what the scientific concept is so I’m just going to guess that it is a physical reaction. I don’t really have any favorite science experiments; at least I don’t think so. I don’t think I’ve really done anything with coke and Mentos or anything else really exciting. Yes, I would show this to my science teacher. It might want to make her want to try this with her class one day. To vary this experiment you could use different soda and different candy or other substances like salt or something like. Yes, you could turn this in to a video. You could use movie maker to help you with some of the stuff like adding music.
michelle tucker
1st period
The Diet Coke explodes because the acids in the two substances don't mix well. No, I don't really have any FAVORITE science experiments, but I think all experiments are cool. Yes, I would show this video to my science teacher. To make a video on an experiment, I would use movie maker.
Shannon Yost
8th Period
This blog has been one of the more interesting ones this year. The Diet Coke and Mentos explode because of the “Surface Effect.” Diet Coke has more carbon dioxide than other regular sodas, which forms bubbles. The surface of the mento is jagged and filled with nooks and crannies. The Carbon Dioxide finds all of these holes and fills them with bubbles. Since the Mentos are heavy, they drop to the bottom of the bottle, forming bubbles all the way down. This is what causes the fast and furious explosion out of the top of the Diet Coke bottle.
I enjoy participating in most science experiments, but I cannot think of a specific favorite. I probably wouldn’t show this video to my science teacher because she has probably already participated in this experiment.
With any science experiment, all you would have to do is film your experiment and slightly edit it in computer programs such as Windows Movie Maker to provide an entertaining video.
Savannah Sims™
2nd Period♥
This blog has been one of the more interesting ones this year. The Diet Coke and Mentos explode because of the “Surface Effect.” Diet Coke has more carbon dioxide than other regular sodas, which forms bubbles. The surface of the mento is jagged and filled with nooks and crannies. The Carbon Dioxide finds all of these holes and fills them with bubbles. Since the Mentos are heavy, they drop to the bottom of the bottle, forming bubbles all the way down. This is what causes the fast and furious explosion out of the top of the Diet Coke bottle.
I enjoy participating in most science experiments, but I cannot think of a specific favorite. I probably wouldn’t show this video to my science teacher because she has probably already participated in this experiment.
With any science experiment, all you would have to do is film your experiment and slightly edit it in computer programs such as Windows Movie Maker to provide an entertaining video.
Savannah Sims™
2nd Period♥
The coke erupts because of the acid content of that product mixed with the content of the Mentos. Plus the contents are under pressure. The fissure the chemical reaction makes of the 2 products causes the eruption.
The scientific concept of Chemistry is illustrated in this video. The reaction of a base and an acid is displayed.
No, I do not have a favorite science experiment. We do not actively do many science experiments in science now. We mainly do labs with worksheets. I look forward to experiments in high school in Chemistry.
Yes, I would show this video to my science teacher. I really do not think this is anything we would be able to do in school though. Too messy.
You could use different types of pop to vary this experiment. See if other varieties of pop had more or less of a reaction. Also you could use different types of mints besides the Mentos. Some other mints may have a higher content that would make a bolder reaction.
Right now I cannot think of any experiments that I would do to put on a video, especially any that would be entertaining. I have experiments at home, one experiment would be with baking soda and how it reacts with the acid in vinegar. We made a little volcano. It was fun, but nothing that I would set to music that would be entertaining.
Grant Holbert
8th Period
The coke erupts because there is a chemical reaction when the mentos touch the diet coke. My favorite science experiment would have to be the one when you make a volcano. Yes, I would show this video to my science teacher because I think it would interest him/her, and she/he could tell me exactly how the “explosion” is happening. Yes, you could make a video and add music; you would have to tape the video, upload the video to your computer, put it onto Windows Movie Maker and add music.
Ryan Wilson 5/6th period.
I believe the coke erupted because the chemicals in the mentos maybe forced the chemicals in the coke to "fizz", so to speak. I have one favorite experiment involving baking soda, vinegar, and of course a plastic volcano. The only different thing I would do would be to seal the top of so that when the reaction occured, it would actually make a mountain's peak burst open like an actual volcano. I would show the video to my science teacher, even if he does not like it. Instead of using mentos I would probally use some other form of reaction starter. I could make a video of my experiments.(If I had any) All I would have to do would be to add some fun words and sounds and put the video on a file on my computer, and add music, save it and present it.
The 82nd blog is david collins 2nd period constable. sorry i didn't put my name on it.
I liked this video. I have actually performed this experiment, myself. I did this with the rest of my class in 6th grade. It was really fun, but we weren't as creative as the guys in the video were. We just went out in the road, put the bottle down, dropped the Mentos in, and ran. The coke erupts because of a chemical reaction between the components of the coke and the components in the Mentos. Mrs.Dewitt already knows about this experiment. We have talked about it in our classes. This is one of my favorite science experiments. I believe that you can make anything entertaining if you add music and effects.
Kristen Zirkle
2nd period
That was pretty cool :] the coke erupts because the fizz in the coke is reacting to whatever chemical compound is in the mentos. The scientific concept that is beong illustrated is a chemical reaction. This and volganoes are my favorite experiments. Heck yeah i would show this to my science teacher! To make this vary is use more pop and maybe more mentos. Maybe there will be higher fountains. Yeah i think i could if i really tried :] I would probably use something alittle less messy than mentos and coke... maybe something using simple and compund machines!!!!
Rachel Keefover
2nd period
5/5/08
The chemicals in the mentos react with the diet coke causing it to fizz and bubble. It is displaying a chemical reaction. This video was very interesting, it was probably my favorite of the blogs that we have done. I have done this expirement before, it is very fun and exciting. This is very similar to putting vinegar and baking soda together, you get the same results. The bubbling has to do with the chemical reaction between a base and an acid, the coke as the acid and the mentos as the base. I really liked this blog
Phillip Colasessano 1st period
I loved this video!! It was awesome to see how the smallest things can make such a big fountain like that! I think that the coke erupted because the chemicals in the mentos reacted with the chemicals in the diet coke wich made pressure build up inside until it finally exploded. I really don't understand the scientific concept. I have never seen this experiment done before but I deffinately like it. I probably like it the most out of any experiment I have ever seen. Actually when I was watching this, I wondered if Mrs. Dewitt had ever seen it because if she hasn't then I would love to show her. You could use mints instead of mentos and Mountain Dew instead of Diet Coke. I don't think that I could do my own experiments or provide an entertaining video on it because it would take me a while to figure out something to do. :)
Katlyn Wilt
8th period
My guess is that the chemicals in the mentos and the chemicals in the coke reacted together make a chemical reaction cause pressure to build up in the Coke bottle. Then after the pressure got so high it erupts out like a fountain. I think this represents chemical reactions. No, I don't have any favorites. I wouldn't show it to my science teacher because he already knows about it. Less Coke more mentos or vise versa. I don't do a lot of "experiments".
This video was funny and cool. It was interesting because it showed that there is something in mentos that makes the coke erupts. I have done an experiment like this before it was fun to do. I don’t have any favorite science experiments because I haven’t done too many so far. But I do like to work with chemicals. I would show this to my science teacher so that if she liked it we could do it. Yes you could video your experiment but you would have to add all the sound on later.
♥gwen♥
♪7th♪
The different acids and and chemicals in the Coke and Mentos mix together and it makes it fizzier. Then there is probably not enough room in the bottle for all of the air pressure so the coke explode out of the top. I think the concept is a chemical reaction from the chemicals in both the coke and and mentos.
I don't have any favorite experiments. All of them are really fun though. I remember earlier in the year when we went to the NASA building and they were putting different kinds of gas inside of the balloons and making them explode by lighting them. There was a big
I would show this to my science teacher but she probably already knows about it. In this video they could have put the coke inside of a bigger bottle or container and added more mentos. Then the results might vary. Yes people could record an experiment and add music. People could use movie maker or any other editting program.
Alex Swiger
8th period
Yes, do not try this indoors. The coke erupts because of the carabanation. The scinification science concept being used is chemical reaction. I do not have a favorite expermite. YesmI would show this to Mrs. DeWitt. You could varite this video in diffrient ways. Yes you could video your expermite, add music, and provide an entertaning video.
I like this blog, it was really cool. The Diet Coke erupts because some of the ingredients in the mentos cause the carbonation in the pop to erupt. I do not have any favorite science experiments. I probably would show this to my science teacher if we were learning about it. In sixth grade Mrs.Joshi's class did this experiment at Dunbar, I remember that is was fun to do in the alleyway. You could video this experiment.
Ali Summers
2nd period
I do not know why it erupts. I think it has to do with the chemicals. I really don't have a favorite science experiment. I might shows this to my science teacher and ask him if we could try it.the only way I think you can very it is to use different pop and lifesavers or something.If I was going to make a movie I would video tape then add sound and effects later.
The coke erupts because of the baking soda. The mento has holes in it, which the diet coke fills. Diet coke has more carbon dioxide in it, which makes it have more bubbles. That is why the coke erupted. I personally don't have any favorite science experiments, just because I think they are all cool, in their own way. I would show this to my science teacher, but I'm pretty sure has already seen something similar to this video.
B.Little♥
5-6th period
The coke erupts because of the baking soda. The mento has holes in it, which the diet coke fills. Diet coke has more carbon dioxide in it, which makes it have more bubbles. That is why the coke erupted. I personally don't have any favorite science experiments, just because I think they are all cool, in their own way. I would show this to my science teacher, but I'm pretty sure has already seen something similar to this video.
B.Little♥
5-6th period
because of carbonisation
all of the carbon exists at once
mentose and diet coke
no i wouldn't
yes i could
The coke erupts because the mentos have an ingrediant in them that reacts with the coke. Mentos react with other carbonated beverages so it is probably reacting with the carbonation in the drink. I don't have a favorite science experiment since I don't get the chance to often to do them.
Diet coke erupts because of the baking soda reacting with the water like substance.
My favorite science experiment is to eerupt a volcano.
Yes, I would show this video to a science teacher.
I'm not that sure.
Yes, I could only if I had like some friends who were computer and tech equipment master...
~Cheyenne Braden~ ~period 5-6~
The mento and coke had a chemical reaction. Yes i like to mix vinegar and baking soda. Yes i would. You drop it and close it, it will explode. Yes, I would use powerpoint.
It's pure science. There are various theories that are debated as to the exact scientific explanation of the phenomenon; all scientists claim that it is a physical reaction and not a chemical one. To form a new bubble, water molecules must push away from one another. It takes extra energy to break this surface tension. So, in other words, water resists the expansion of bubbles in the soda.
Each Mentos candy has thousands of tiny pores all over its surface. These tiny pores function as nucleation sites for carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as the Mentos enter the soda, bubbles form all over their surface. They quickly sink to the bottom, causing carbon dioxide to be released by the carbonated liquid with which they come into contact along the way. I like the classic baking soda and vinegar experiment. I would show this to my teacher; they make the Coke spew in pure art. I could try pep-o-mint life savers and reg coke. yes- use windows movie maker.
The coke erupts because the chemicals in the mentos react with the chemicals in the coke. I am not totally sure what process takes place but I think that would be a good guess. I have always loved science class. In the fourth grade we had to do an experiment with putting water droplets on a penny. We had to guess how many drops would fit. I would love to show this video to all of my future and past science teachers to show them that science isn’t all boring. I really don’t do that many experiments at home nut at school we do quite a lot. I think I could video our racecar crashes. I would add some cool music with an upbeat tempo.
Cailey Weaver
2nd pd
The coke erupts because there is a certain substance in the mentos that mixed with the chemicals in the soda that makes it erupt. I think the scientific concept in this project is that when you mix chemicals many things can happen. My favorite science experiment was erupting volcanoes for Mrs. Joshi. Also, I liked doing this coke experiment with her as well. I would but I don’t think he would find it interesting. Yes, I could video an experiment and add music, because of what I have learned in Ms. Constables class I could do anything that involves powerpoint, movie maker, or pod casts.
Courtney Sloan 1st
I really liked this blog. I thought it was very interesting and really cool. It was different compared to the other blogs. It was my favrite blog out of all of the blogs. It's caused by "nucleation" of the carbon dioxide in the soda on the candy surface. It's a physical change process and not a chemical one. I believe the only science experiment that I remember is this one, “The Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” I would most likely not show this to my science teacher because most teaches and people have heard of this well known experiment. Yes you could video any of your experiments and add music, and provide an entertaining video. There are numerous ways to do this but I will only say one. The one is by going on Microsoft PowerPoint. First you would have to capture a video, and then you would, put the video on Microsoft PowerPoint. Then you can put CD’s or go to iTunes, and go get some entertaining music. Then if you’re not satisfied, you can go farther by putting borders, pictures, and much more.
The coke erupts because the mentos react with the chemicals in the diet coke. The scientific concept that is being illustrated is chemical reaction. My favorite science experiment mould probably be the diet coke and mentos experiment. I would show this video to my science teacher because it deals with science. Some other ways you could very this experiment is be using less coke and more mentos or by using more coke and less mentos. I could video any of my experiments, add music, and provide an entertaining video. I could do it by finding a cool experiment and perform it will I am being taped.
XD nice one!!!!!the coke erupts because of chemical reactions. no, I don't have a favorite science experiment, unless stuff is blowing up. no, I wouldn't show this video because she's probably already seen it. I'd change the experiment by using more mentos....a lot more. I don't really do experiments, so no, I couldn't.
tori
Okay, I won't! The cok erupted because the molecules in the gas-liquid soultion mved around alot and bounced of eachother, causing a reaction. No, not really. Why? For reasons unknown. You could pour pop rocks into the coke, that could cause it to erupt. Yes. I would tape it, go to movie maker, impot songs and/or effects t make it more entertaing.
Madison Fitch
7th period
I remember doing this project in sixth grade. When we did this we used not diet coke, but regular coke. When we put the Mentos in the coke, the carbon in the coke reacted with the Mentos causeing an explosion. This is probably my favorite science experiment.
Mr. Tennet would probably know abou this experiment, and has probably done it a few times.
The coke erupts because when the mentos are put in the coke it fizzes up and explodes. A chemical reaction is being demonstrated. I don’t have a favorite science experiment because I think most of them are fun to do. One way you could vary this experiment would be to change the Coke to Pepsi. Yes, I could video an experiment I do. I would just video it upload the video onto my computer and add music.
Nick Trefz
8th period
The carbon- dioxide built up in the coke bottle, mixed with the acids from the mentos is what causes the coke to erupt. The scientific concept that takes place during this experiment is a chemical reaction. I have done many experiments in my life, so far. I don't think that I have experienced enough experiments to have a favorite, though.
I would show this video to my science teacher. My teacher (Mr. Tennant) probably already knows the outcome of the experiment, but I think that it could be good for him to how crazy it can get.
You might change the evaluation by using a different type of pop.
Yes, I could conduct an entertaining investigation, and make a video out of it. Some of my classmates and I would complete the procedure, while another peer video taped it. Then, through movie maker I could edit the video and add music, text, and additional information.
- Madison Hoke 2nd °°)
This blog was the coolest so far. I am not quite sure why coke erupts. But it might have something to do with the fizz in the coke and the mentos reacting. A chemical change is taking place when the diet coke and mentos erupt. We did this experiment last year at NASA. It was drizzling rain when we id it but it was still fun. Yeah, I would show my science teacher. They have probably erupted diet coke too. Some other ways to vary the experiment would probably be to add or take away mentos. Or different amounts of diet coke. Yes, we could video experiments. To add sound, though, we would tape then add sound effects and stuff to make it cool.
Stephanie Harris
8th period
This blog was cool. I actually did this with my science teacher a couple of years ago.
I don't remeber exactly why it happens, but I know there's a chemical in the mentos that reacts with a chemical in the Coke. This also happens in baking soda and vinigar.
I remeber we did alot of expiriments that year , and this was one of my favorite.
I would deffinantly show this to my science teacher, even though she's probably done it.
You should deffinantly record your science expiriments. I mean, these guys did. I thought it was really cool how they made pretty much a water show with the coke.
george corbin 7th
The coke erupts because the mentos make the coke fizz and I really don't see a scientific concept in this video. Yea, I would show my science teacher this maybe he can make out some scientific concepts.=) Well I suppose that you can use viniger, salt, and maybe other things like that because it works a little bit cause I tried it before. It all depends on if I could tape some of my experiments considering that I really don't do many at home lol, but if I were to make one i would do something fun so no one would get bored with the video.
Demi<3
Because the Mentos and Diet Coke have a chemical reactions. A chemical reaction. My favorite science experiment would be when you put celery in colored water and it turns that color of the water. Yes I would. By using different size coke bottles and different amount of mentos.
I really liked this blog.There is a reaction when certain objects are dropped into carbonated liquids; therefore this is why Diet Coke™ erupts. Actually I don't have a favorite science experiment. I believe the only science experiment that I remember is this one, “The Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” I would most likely not show this to my science teacher because most teaches and people have heard of this well known experiment. Yes you could video any of your experiments and add music, and provide an entertaining video.
This blog was so cool!!!!!!! I loved it is my favorite!!!!!!!!!!
The coke erupts because of the chemical reaction that is going on between the coke and the mentos. This would probably be my favorite science experiment because of how the chemical reaction makes the coke basically explode out of the bottle. If I could I would show this video to my science teacher and try to get him to do it with a lot of coke and mentos, maybe not all the coke and mentos they used in the video but close to it. I could video an experiment and add music but I wouldn’t like everyone seeing it, Im not very outgoing in that area.
The coke erupts because the carbantition in the soda and the air in the mentos reacts to eachother. My science teacher would most likly know this expirement, but I would show it to him. You could try different types of soda in this expiriment. Yes, I could tape some of my expiriments, but I would have to tape them first then go back and edit them. It could be entertaining but, it could be very boring also.
above comment by Emily Harper 2nd period
They concluded that the caffeine, potassium benzoate, aspartame, and CO2 gas contained in the Diet Coke and the gelatin and gum arabic ingredients of the Mentos all contribute to the jet effect. Also it is theorized that the physical structure of the Mentos is the most significant cause of the eruption. When flavored Mentos with a smooth waxy coating were tested in carbonated water, no reaction occurred, whereas standard Mentos added to carbonated water formed a small eruption, by their claim, affirming the nucleation-site theory. This was further supported when rock salt was used as an effective substitute for Mentos. Yes, I would show this to a science teacher because that coulb be an experiment or lab that the science pupils could learn. Yes, I could viedo and tape it and add music to it by using adasity and movie maker.
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