Sunday, January 17, 2010

Diet Coke Geyser





















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A recent trip to Hobby Lobby yielded a geyser tube for creating a rapid carbonic geyser by dropping multiple Mentos into a 2 liter of Diet Coke. Caleb decided that Sunday’s Life Group was the perfect testing facility! Along with the ‘Gungans’ and the Herrings the kids re-created a 2006 episode of MythBusters that concluded that the caffeine, potassium benxoate, aspartame, and Mentos all contribute to the jet effect.

The geyser tube allowed for a spring action rapid release of six Mentos into the Diet setting off a 20+ foot fountain of sticky fun! I’m sure this is the kind of bonding activity the Elders had in mind for Life Group!

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