Have
you ever tried this? It’s a fun experiment,
but you might get wet. I recommend doing
this outside. If you want to be
surprised by the results don’t watch the videos until after you try it
yourself.
Materials:
Pencils
(long ones) - Make sure your pencils are nice and sharp. Another option could be sharp wooden skewers.
A Ziploc
bag, try any sizes you want
Water
Optional
– a buddy to hold the bag up for you
Fill
your Ziploc bag about ¾ full with water and zip it closed.
With
one hand you, or your buddy, should firmly hold the zip top part of the bag up
so that the bag is hanging/dangling from your hand.
Carefully
poke a very sharp pencil through one side of the bag.
Then
keep pushing it through the water and poke the sharp end through the other side
of the bag. Stop before the back of the
pencil gets into the bag.
You
should have the pointy end of your pencil sticking out of one side of the bag
and the eraser end should be sticking out of the other side of the bag with the
middle of the pencil inside the bag of water.
What
happens if you add more pencils?
How
many can you use?
Watch
the experiment Click Here
How
does this work? And more details Click Here
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can also find many more fun experiments at Click Here
