Thursday, August 29, 2013

Chemistry Experiments

One of the lads in my class asked if we could blow things up.   I dutifully looked up the recipes and talked to our science teacher.   On Wednesday we spent 2 periods in the science lab discovering what chemicals change the flame color and making some bombs.  We soaked some pinecones in the chemicals in preparation for our Friday adventure.
Friday afternoon we gathered the pinecones and smoke bombs and rushed to the beach.   We learnt about fire safety,  the needs of a fire and how to safely extinguish fires.   The smoke bombs were a success but the pinecones didn't work.   We will discuss why on Monday.

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