they're dancing!

DANCING RAISINS – 2^nd Attempt

This posts continues from our orignial experiment which hadn’t had the intended results… Our raisins were stationary 🙁 . Well, that certainly was not the case with this 2nd attempt! Emeraude was really excited to see it work (as were Lloyd & I lol).

Definetely an experiment I would recomend as it is cheap, quick and mess-free so well suited to any age and parents will like the easy clean up (just flush it down the toilet when you are done!) PLUS raisins are a great healthy snack that you can eat while experimenting lol.

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DANCING RAISINS – 1^st Attempt

Well, we gave this a try yesterday before nap time but did not have great results.  We were using Ginger Ale (have agreed that we need to buy some fresh pop and will try for one that is more clear such as 7up or sprite) that Lloyd had upstairs. The pop did have some fizz in it still but had originally been opened May 28^th and I think that may have been part of the problem.

We used golden raisins and dried fruit. Only 2 of the golden raisins ever went up and then down again; one of the dried fruit pieces (these were quite large) went up but never back down. I chopped the dried fruit into smaller pieces eventually but it did not seem to help. 

Today (June 5^th) is a rainy day so we will pick up some fresh pop and make a 2^nd attempt at this experiment, will post our results.

 

I try, when possible, to use what we have on hand for our experiments. We did have golden raisins & dried fruit which I think will do fine once we have new pop.

Below is the original post from June 3rd, 2009

 This is a really great and easy experiment that Emeraude will certianly get a kick out of (we might even get Lloyd’s attention for a few minutes I think). from http://www.stevespanglerscience.com where there are a ton of great experiments, and, many science supplies to purchase as well.