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Derrie’s Story

June 8, 2015 by Robyn Haggard

Name: Derrie

Age: 11

Occupation: School

From: Leicestershire

Object: Blowing up a balloon

Story: First I put baking powder into a balloon then I poured vinegar in and tied the end. The two reacted to give a gas which expanded and blew the balloon up.

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: ballon, experiments, explosions

Ashley’s Story

June 8, 2015 by Robyn Haggard

Name: Ashley

Age: 52 (50 when I first saw this!)

Occupation: Engineer

From: Leicestershire

Object: Exploding Coke Rocket

Story: Drop a polo mint into a bottle of coke. Put the lid on and it explodes then erupts like a volcano.

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: experiments, explosions, food

Ben’s Story

March 15, 2015 by Robyn Haggard
Boom! Mmmmm, tasty. Photo credit: DSCF1311s by deradrian (license)

Boom! Photo credit: DSCF1311s by deradrian (license)

Name: Ben

Test Tube Stand with Test Tubes, Mid-19th Century (Inv. 34639)

Test Tube Stand with Test Tubes, Mid-19th Century (Inv. 34639)

Age: 15

From: Newcastle, UK

Occupation: Student

Object: Chemistry Kit

Story: When I was five my grandparents bought me a large chemistry set. Doing the proper experiments was boring, so I just mixed everything together in a flask and pushed a cork into the top. After a minute or so the cork blew off the flask and sprayed the contents all over the ceiling of my bedroom.

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: chemistry, experiments, explosions

Priyam’s Story

March 12, 2015 by Robyn Haggard
Gauze Top Bunsen Burner, c.1874, (Inv. 45602)

Gauze Top Bunsen Burner, c.1874, (Inv. 45602). Who else used Bunsen Burners similar to this when heating things at school?

Name: Priyam

Age: 12

From: London, UK

Object: Jelly babies

Story: We did screaming jelly babies at school – we added potassium chlorate, a heated substance, to the jelly babies and they turned a lilac colour and screamed and then blew up.

Mmmmm, tasty. Photo credit: jelly babies by Sam Greenhalgh (license)

Mmmmm, tasty. Photo credit: jelly babies by Sam Greenhalgh (license)

 

Posted in: Your Stories Tagged: chemistry, experiments, explosions, food, school

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