Tinker Lab on Soda Science Part 1

Hey again guys! Me again and in this post I'm going to be talking about my fifth tinker lab about soda science. It's all about soda and how carbon dioxide does different things in different ways. Also, whoever answered "cat" on the quiz for tinker lab on flight part 2, good job!

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The first project I did was called "Dancing Raisins." (I don't have any pictures for this one. I forgot. :-(  )

What I had to do is fill a clear cup with clear soda, I used sprite, then I dropped a few raisins in it. They started going down and up and down like they were dancing!
How were they doing that? I saw bubbles form on the raisins, that's nucleation! CO2 bubbles are like life jackets for raisins, when bubbles reach to the top of the soda, they pop so the raisins sink again. Then bubbles form on the bumps of the raisin all over again. It's nucleation at work dudes, it's a nucleation site!

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Next I got to the blueprint, it was for a CO2 rocket! I made a video for it too, it was pretty cool!

There were 4 things I needed to make, I started with making the rocket.
First, I stuck on 4 clear fins on to a plastic bottle using two rivet stickers on each side. Then I used a circle piece of sticky foam to stick a foam cone on top for the tip of the rocket.



I couldn't wait for my first launch
as soon as I  made it.

Next I made the launcher, I first had to slide a cork into a launcher piece, then I added it on the last launcher piece. Last I added a zip tie to keep it together.

This helps build up pressure to launch the rocket.

Next I made a funnel for the rocket, I just had to add two clear stickers on a clear funnel piece.

 

This is just to load the mixture into the rocket.

Last I made the launch mixture. First I added two teaspoons of citric acid and baking soda into a little cup. Next I stirred it together until it was completely combined. How does it launch? When I added the launch mixture into the water, CO2 gas started building up in rocket and there was so much pressure in the bottle, it launched straight into the air! Cool, huh?

Here is a video for the launch too! It was awesome!

 

 

 

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My next project was called "Magic Balloons."

First, I filled a bottle half way with water with a teaspoon of citric acid in it. Next, I filled a small balloon with 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Last I stretched the balloon over the bottle and tilted it upwards. As the baking soda fell in, the bottle started to fill up with pressure and the balloon started to expand!

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I hoped you enjoyed this post, please like and comment. In the next post I will be talking about more CO2 projects and a super tasty fizzy treat. Bye guys!

 

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Fifth Tinker Crate Already?!?!

Hey guys! Today I have a new video but on my fifth tinker crate. Hope you enjoy.

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I hope you loved the video, if you did please like and comment. I so glad that this is my fifth tinker lab. Keep the tinker crates coming!

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Tinker Lab on Flight (Part 3)

Hello everybody and welcome back to another post. Today I will show you some of the awesome gliders I made. Some of them do tricks!

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Before I made the gliders, I had to make a rubber band launcher. It uses the power of thrust from rubber band to make gliders glide.

The rubber band launcher is designed to pull back the
glider with the rubber band. When you let it go, it shoots
the glider into the air.

My first glider I made is the Wright brothers plane. It's pretty cool how the gliders are made. The main part of the glider is a piece of wood that has a triangle slot in it. The triangle slot keeps the glider on the rubber band. How I put it together, I just used rectangle and cube sticky foam to attach the wings and tail to the base. I also had to put clay on the front. I made it spin and do tricks by flipping flaps on the top wings.



The Wright brothers plane.
(Decorated too!! ^_^)

The bottom of the plane.

After that I made a trick plane, what's different about it is that it has more flaps then the wright brothers plane. That means it can do more tricks then the other gliders I made. I went all out with the stickers. :-)

I used almost all of the stickers 
for this one.

Last, I made a shuttle. It doesn't do tricks like the trick plane. Instead, it goes farther when you launch it. That must be because it's flat on top.

AND WE HAVE LIFT OFF!!! 

After I made the gliders, there were some paper airplane instructions for 4 cool types of paper airplanes: the dart, t-wing, inverter, and cyclone.



Orange is the dart. Blue is the cyclone. Red is the inverter.
Green is the t-wing.

I like all of the planes and they all but the t-wing glided pretty well.

My Opinion

The dart earned 4/5 stars for being like the original paper plane. I gave the cyclone 4/5 stars because it's kind of hard to throw. The T-wing received 1/5 stars because it glided horribly.
 Last, the inverter I gave 5/5 stars because it glided really well and it looks AWESOME!!! What's your favorite? Tell me in the comments.

After the planes, I did this project called  "paper airplane tricks." (Only available for the dart.)

Here are the flaps.

It was simple, all I had to do was take some scissors and cut two lines on the dart plane. If I folded the flaps down, it had more lift. If I folded the flaps up, it creates less lift. What happens when I fold one flap up and one down? It spins! These flaps on the plane are called ailerons. Pilots use those flaps on the wings to make the plane turn. I'm just using it for tricks.

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I hope you liked this post, if you did please like comment and see you in the next post. Bye!! <3

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