Our project was called ‘Fizz Kids’ and our question was ‘which combination of carbonated drinks and Mentos produces the best reaction?’
We found out that Diet Coke and Coke produced the best reaction because it exploded the highest. The fizzy water made bubbles the longest but it didn’t explode so we concluded that sugar had some effect on the reaction. You can see more about our research in this video.
Mini-Scientist – Fizz Kids from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo.
In our research, we found out that the ingredients in the Mentos react with the Diet Coke. The Mentos also has little pits on the surface that releases carbon dioxide very quickly, which causes a big reaction as it forces itself out of the bottle.
Our favourite part was testing the project, but the research was also fun because we watched videos of reactions.
Alan, Andy, Johnny and Robert
9:09 pm on January 8th, 2014
To Alan, Andy, Johnny and Robert, We thought that was very good and that you boys should have your own show on the television 🙂 We like how science can be fun.We were waiting for you to get wet, but we were glad this didn’t happen to you.
From your friends in St. Brigid’s, Greystones.
1:17 pm on March 27th, 2014
Next year, we’re going to do another project like this!