Matter Magic

In science class we found matter magic, got the materials, tried it, and then preformed the magic for some kindergartners. The tricks I did with my partner were; Candle Blow-out and Pepper and Soap Showdown. With the Candle Blow-out trick what we did was put baking soda and white vinegar in a watering can and close it for just a few seconds. Next pour the gas onto the candles without the liquid the gas blows out the candles. How it works is that the vinegar and baking soda make a chemical reaction which releases Carbon Dioxide then you pour the Carbon Dioxide onto the flame and that is what blows them out because fire needs Oxygen to keep on going so when it is surrounded with Carbon Dioxide it goes out. With the Pepper and Soap Showdown trick we put pepper in a bowl of water then we put our finger in the bowl of pepper water and then magically the pepper spreads out all over the bowl. What really happens is we put soap on our finger and soap repels pepper. I think that me and my partner did quite well but we did have some mistakes doing the projects and they did not work but for the most part the tricks worked. Most of the responses from the kids watching were quite good because we let them do some things like letting them do some of the experiment. I also liked that how I explained the pepper trick but I did make some mistakes in my explanations. I also like how i preformed the Candle Blow-out but sometimes i poured out a bit of the vinegar and baking soda on the candle.

Gas Properties

This was an experiment we did on our laptops testing pressure and temperature. I learned that neon, argon, and oxygen all started out as a solid, but they were all at different temperatures so that means they all change states at different temperatures. Another thing I noticed was that water was not really similar to any other one because it had three molecules to make each compound. Oxygen had two molecules combined to make one but it is still an element. Neon and argon are almost the same but neon had smaller molecules then argon. When I heated the neon it turned into a gas and the molecules went everywhere. When I froze it the particles slowed down and finally stopped and turned into a solid. At room temperature which is 9K the molecules of neon moved as one slowly and the molecules also shook.

In this test I measured pressure. I learned that when you press the lid down on something and add heat it will blow the lid off quicker that if you freeze it. I noticed that water could withstand the least amount of pressure. The one that can withstand the most pressure is argon and then neon and oxygen. Another thing I noticed was that when I added pressure to any of them when they were at room temperature they start to move a lot.