Science Journal Introduction

After our friend, Davis, won 2nd place in the OUS Science Fair, the boys of T-1 became very interested in science topics. Caiden started by asking a Biology question: "How big is a whale's heart?" We decided to look it up on our computer. The answer? The heart of a blue whale can weigh up to 1410 pounds! A small child can even crawl through his largest blood vessel!

Then Will asked: "How fast can a roadrunner run?" Again, we went to the computer and we found out that a roadrunner can run 18 mph.

So, we decided to make a science journal and keep track of all of our scientific questions. For our first entry, we tried to see if we could make raisins dance. We got out a clear, tall glass and filled it with Sprite. Then we put in 5 raisins. Unfortunately, nothing happened. :( Our book of science experiment said they would jump up and down because of the bubbles in the Sprite. It said that it would work best if you had fresh raisins--we decided that maybe we just had old raisins.

For our second entry in our Science Journal, we decided to make a Coke volcano. This experiment was a hit! We took a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke and then we dropped in a roll of Mentos. The video above shows what happened. (P.S.--pay no attention to the pregnant teacher)