All day long the kids were asking about this big jug in my room. The one that was full of the Dry Ice from the science teacher but they didn't know. I told them it was for Science at the end of the day and they were going to love it.
These simple easy experiments were a hit with our class.
Inflate a Rubber Glove
Just put a few cubes of dry ice in a rubber glove hold it closed where you put you hands in and soon it inflates before your eyes.
Popping Film Canisters
Just drop a cube or two of Dry Ice into the 35mm film canister put the lid on and wait. The cap pops off and go flying up in the air. We did about 5 of them at once.
Singing Quarter
Press a warm quarter against the Dry Ice and it will scream. After the quarter gets cold it quits. We did this with a quarter we had soaked in warm water and one we had warm at room temperature and both worked very well.
Lots of Bubbles
We added warm water and dish soap to a bowl with the Dry Ice in it. We even added different colors of food coloring and it bubbled to the top of the bowl.
Foggy Bowl
This is the thing most people do with it. Just add water to the Dry Ice in a bowl and watch it fog up and around the bowl. The students wanted to add food coloring to it to see if it would change but it didn't change the color of our fog just the color of our water.
I had a couple student's film our experiments on their iPads and I put them into a cool little iMovie trailer after school. Take a look at the fun we had with Dry Ice.
