Floating Bubbles

Yesterday we did an activity called Floating Bubbles where we were able to make bubbles float by using the Carbon Dioxide emitted from dry ice. In one of the experiments, placed the dry ice into a container and then blew bubbles over the container. We then realized that if we blew the bubbles into the container, then the bubbles would go straight to the bottom. Then, we tried blowing the bubbles across the the top of the container, and we found out that the carbon dioxide made the bubbles float in the air, and slowly come down. In another experiment, we put a piece of dry ice into room temperature water and another piece in hot water. We saw that the ice in room temperature water did not mist up as much as the ice in hot water. The ice reacted in the hot water faster than the room temperature water because the hot water fastened the sublimation. From this we've learned much more about Co2.We can't wait to present this experiment to the kids. - Bria Brown and Jasmine Evans