Word Flip

     Hello fellow scientists! Its been a while, but I've found another experiment for you. Today we're going to be playing around with light and water. This experiment will cause light to refract or bend. Making light bend can make things look backwards or upside down. So lets get started!

     You will need a few simple household items for this experiment:

• A water bottle or glass bowl, (Prefferably a non-disposable or smooth one)
• A Post-It Note, (The number varys depending on how many you want to do)
• A writing uttesial, (You can use any color you want, but I think Sharpie would be the besty for this activity.)

1. Ok, lets begin. The first thing you'll need to do is think of something to write. Step 1: Practice writing backwards (To make the experiment sucessful you'll need to make the letters backwards, so a p would be q)
2. Now, once your done practicing write down something backwards on the post it note. Step 2: Write down your word.
3. Then put your Post-It Note on the wall.
4. When you've done that you fill up your clear container and look at your word thourgh the bowl or cup. Step 4: Look at the word through a clear with water container.

The science behind this is acctually quite simple. When the light that lets us see passes through the water, it is refracted or bent. This bent so much to the point where everything that you see inside of the bowl or cup will appear upside down. Thank you so much for joining me today. Feel free to check out my other experiment. See you on the next one!

How to make a Lava lamp with Zion and Landen

Hello again, welcome to Zionce. Today we will be making a fizzing lava lamp. It does not light up but it is still a cool experiment. Once again my best friend Landen will be joining us today.

Here is what you will need:

• A clean large plastic clear bottle
• 3/4 cup of water
• Vegetable oil 
• Fizzing tablets (such as  Alka Seltzer)
• Food coloring
• Funnel or measuring cup

Instructions:

 Step 1: Pour water into the bottle. (Pouring tip: Use funnel or measuring cup to pour liquids)
🚰(We forgot to take a picture of the water)
Step 2: Pour vegetable oil into the bottle until it is nearly completely full.



Step 3: Wait until the oil and water have separated
Step 4: Add about a dozen drops of food coloring


Step 5: break the fizzing tablet into smaller pieces (3 to 4)
Results: If you have done Step 1-5  than your result should be that the tablet is dissolving and the water is fizzing.
Step 6: If you want you can add more tablets when the water stops fizzing.

Fun tip: you can put a light (Any kind) under it and it will start to glow a bit.


How it works:
When you add the fizzing tablet to the lava lamp the tablet releases tiny bits of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is air, and when the air is under water it creates bubbles. The reason the tablet fizzes like this is because it contains citric acid and baking soda. Both of these things react with the water to form sodium citrate and carbon dioxide gas, these are the bubbles that you are seeing in your lava lamp.

Feel free to experiment on your lava lamp. For example, maybe you can try adding soap.
Anyway, thank you for joining Me and Landen for this great experiment. See you on the next experiment.

The Matter of Root Beer Floats!

     The Matter of Root Beer Floats

     Hi, I'm Zion🤓 today we will be making root beer floats and learning about matter. Join me as we experiment with these delicious treats.

Here is what you will need

• A bottle of Root Beer
• A glass
• Ice cream (It doesn't matter what flavor but for the best result I would recommend vanilla)
• An ice cream scooper (Or a spoon)

How to make it

Step 1:

First, you will need to pour the Root Beer into the cup until the glass is half full.

Fun fact: Notice how all the tiny bubbles are coming out of the Root Beer. That happens because of the carbon dioxide inside the root beer. This is also why you here a sizzling sound when you open a bottle of soda, the carbon dioxide takes up so much of the air in the can that it goes inside the soda and when you pour all the carbon dioxide is released into the air again resulting in bubbles. 

Step 2:

Then, you will need to put one scoop of ice cream into the glass.

Step 3:

Watch the glass.

Science:

If you did this all correctly you should end up with a strange foamy substance rising from the root beer. Like I said before the carbon dioxide is from the Root Beer into bubbles, however, when you add the ice cream, the carbon dioxide helps take out the air bubbles in the ice cream making the foam on top of your Root Beer. Another thing about Root Beer floats that is scientific is that it has 3 states of matter: solid liquid and gas. The solid is the ice cream because it has a definite shape and volume, the liquid is the root beer because it doesn't have a definite shape because it takes the shape of its container, but it does have a definite volume, and finally the gas is the foamy substance at the top of the Root Beer float because it doesn't a definite shape or volume. 

Step 4:

When you are done watching the experiment feel free to drink it.  

                                                               
                            

Also if you don't like root beer or root beer floats don't feel bad because I don't like them either, see↓.

Anyway, thanks for watching and I hope to see you in the next experiment. Bye!

Other Pictures:

Oil and Water Part 2/Additional experiment

Hi, I'm Zion and welcome back to Zionce. Today we will be doing an old experiment and changing it up a bit. The experiment we are doing today is the oil and water experiment!

You will need the following items for this experiment.

• Corn syrup
• 1/2 a cup of Oil  
• Water 
• Food coloring (Recommended any color but yellow because of oil )
• An eraser
• And a jar

What to do?

1. Dump the water into the jar.

2. Then dump the oil in next. (Observe: Whoa!! Did you see that when you poured the oil in the water the water and oil immediately separated!? This is because the oil is lighter than the water and because of that the oil came out on top.)

3.Pour the corn syrup in the solution. (Observe: Did you notice how the liquids are in different order. This is because the corn syrup is the heaviest and the oil is the lightest, that leaves the water in the middle.)   

4. Now to put the eraser in. (It might seem pointless but, this will do something awesome later.

5. Now you need to drop a few drops of food coloring in.

6. Finally we watch.  

                                                                                                                   

Ezra (Left) and Sedona (Right).


Here is the result.

Do you see how the food coloring is attracted to the eraser? Most people don't know why this happens but there is a certain chemical in the food coloring that can sense it's "enemy and tries to eat it" or in other words, the eraser is the enemy of the food coloring and the food coloring tries to eat it.

BONUS!!! :D

You can also extend this experiment by adding other chemicals or liquids such as vinegar, honey or soap.

Thank you for joining me in another fun experiment. See you later!

Also, be sure to check out the original experiment. The Oil, Water, and Soap experiment. Here is the link --> Oil Water and Soap


A special thanks to my math/science teacher

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How to make good slime with Landen and Zion

Hi, welcome to Zionce.

 Today we will be making slime with one of my best friends Landen. 

This slime is unlike others it takes a long time to dry out giving you more time to play with it, and it feels more stretchy than most of the slimes.

Here is what you will need:

• 3/4 cup of cold water
• 1 cup of liquid glue
• food coloring (Any color)
• 1 teaspoon of borax
• 1/2 cup of hot water
• 2 bowls

Instructions:

Step 1: In a bowl mix together the hot water, the liquid glue, and food coloring together.

Step 2: Mix borax and cold water in another bowl until the borax is completely dissolved.

Step 3: Slowly add glue mixture to borax mixture. Mix well until it is as squishy as you want it.

How the slime works: 

The slime is a liquid plymer. Molecules in glue are in strands, like a chain. When you add the borax it connects all the tiny chains.

My favorite part of slime is that it is squishy and flexible; I also like the fact that you can play with it.

Thanks for joining me and Landen on this experiment. Goodbye.

Bubble Palooza

                      Bubble Palooza

                                                    By Zion Busch

     Most Kids LOVE bubbles so I am putting science into bubble fun!
Welcome to Bubble Palooza. A whole lot of fun with just some bubbles and experiments! 

 Experiment 1:Making Bubbles

You will need: Some Dish soap, Some Water, 1 cup, And a Jar.



Step 1: Pour 1/2 of dish soap into the jar.



Step 2: Pour 5 cups of water into the jar.

We forgot to take a picture of us adding water.

Step 3: Stir the soap and water until mixed (Try not to stir up suds).



Step 4: Wait 2 days if you want but it is a better result if you do.

Step 5: Have Fun!

Experiment 2: Bubble Sock Launcher

You will need: An unwanted Sock, Food Coloring, Plastic Bottle, Scissors, and Bubbles in a Container.

Step 1: Cut off the bottom of the bottle.

Step 2:Stretch the sock all the way over so that the toe of the sock is tight against  the opening of the bottle.

Step 3: Pour 3 inches of bubbles in to the container.

Step 4: Dye the bubble solution by add several drops of food coloring (optional).

Step 5:Dip the bottom of the bottle (sock) into the bubbles

Step 6: Blow until you get a stream of bubbles coming out.

                             Have fun!

Fun Fact: Bubble are balls of air or gas in a liquid sphere. Suds are tiny bubble that are stuck in the film of the soap. I love bubbles and I hope to see you in the next experiment.