A cool experiment

You'll have to excuse me. It's been like a mad house here trying to keep up with the influx of correspondence since the beginning of this blog. Hold tight I will try and respond to all of your comments on my page. In the meantime here's an interesting experiment you can do with rather peculiar results.

It's important to follow this experiment very closely or otherwise you won't be able to observe the chemical reactions that take place. You will need a packet of Mentos and a 2 litre bottle of Diet Coke. It works much better with Diet Coke.

You don't need preparation but you should get a friend to help record the moment on camera. Simply take about 5 Mentos and thread through them a piece of string. You could use a pipe cleaner if this works better for you. Next, and this is the important part, you need to work very quckly. Take the lid off the diet coke. It might work even better if you pour out or drink a bit of the Diet Coke. Then, in one quick motion, put the string of mentos in the bottle and put your eye up to the lid and look inside to see a very interesting chemical reaction.

This is a great experiment to do with kids or also older people as well. Send me your pictures and videos if you're able to conduct this experiment correctly. Enjoy your science experiment you boffins!