Out of this world experiments

Some of the students in the green group discovered a number of space experiments in a book. They became excited about trying out some of these. 

The first was an experiment using baking soda and vinegar in a confined container and thus launching it. 

We first tried using a plastic base with a sponge type plug. Unfortunately, the chemical reaction seemed to fizzle out before the rocket could launch.

Next we used an old film canister. Even it didn't work as well as we had expected. Back to the drawing board!

Next, there was some excitement about completing a space simulation. We found 6 gloves in the lost and found (3 for each hand), got some large paper clips and a few students challenged their fine motor skills by trying to attach the paper clips using the bulky gloves.

Definitely a tough task!