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Fire and rockets – what’s not to love?!
This activitity is obviously done by/with adult supervision, wear protective eyewear, turn off the fans and make sure you have necessary safety equipment in the house (fire extinguisher etc). This is super fun and simple but not to be done without an adult.
You’ll need an new tea bag (not used), scissors, a non-flammable plate or surface and a lighter of some sort.
Cut the top off the tea bag and empty it’s contents.
Unfold and open up the bag.
Stand it up on it’s end on the plate or other non-flammable surface.
Light the top on fire.
Watch as most of the tea bag burns.
As it gets to the bottom
It takes off into the air!
It goes out shortly after taking off leaving just a bit of ash
It’s fun to watch and you’ll want to do it again!
See Steve Spangler Science for the science behind this experiment.
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My husband has just leapt into action to try this out! Love your blog.
This is awesome!!!!!!
Can't wait to try this with my boys! Those photographs are everything. Awesome blog.
I can't wait to try it with my son! This looks so cool. Thanks for the idea!
P.S. You're pictures are awesome.
So we did it and at first it did not work because tea bag was too small, then took other one and it worked! boys totally loved it. It has hard to stand the tea bag a bit so keep on trying thanks for sharing
@fueza thank you for sharing your experience! Tea bags do vary quite a bit so I'm glad you tried again!
Girls will love this too. In fact, here's a great new kids tv series called ANNEDROIDS coming soon to Amazon. It's about a girl scientist and her friends making androids and doing science experiments.
I did something similar at a retreat I spoke at for the ladies in my church, I found the idea here http://www.creativeyouthideas.com/resources/object-lessons/the-gospel-according-to-a-tea-bag/. If you'd like to turn this into a devotional there are step by step instructions and meanings. the ladies have been asking me to do it again! Hey, I should blog about that!