Snake Bubbles- Voted 2nd favorite by the girls!

To make snake bubbles, the bottom of a water bottle was cut off and covered with a piece of fabric held on with a rubber band.  Bowls were filled with bubble solution and the girls dipped the fabric end of the bottles into the bubble solution.  Blowing through the open part of the bottle created bubbles.  Next, the girls were given food coloring to put on the fabric and repeat blowing bubbles, now colorful.  The girls tried to see who could keep the longest chain of bubbles, 'snakes'.

Other Bubble Info:
Bubbles are round because that allows using the least amount of bubble solution to encompass the greatest amount of air.  They stick together in the 'snake bubbles' because of the attraction between the Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms in the water molecules found in the bubble solution.

We also found that bubbles can bounce.  Bubbles pop because of dirt, oil, and when the bubble solution becomes too thin on the top of the bubble to hold itself together.  When blown on clean surfaces, bubbles are able to 'bounce' without popping.

Helpful Website:  http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/bubble-snakes

 

 

 

 

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