Need science experiment ideas for the summer

[conuly]

Also, art projects that aren't all either "Uh, here are some supplies, get messy" or "These are the carefully cut out parts, please make yours exactly like mine". Gosh, I hate the latter. I want all teachers of young children to memorize the phrase "it's the process, not the product" and apply it religiously.

Anyway, trying to do some fun and lightly educational things over the summer to make up for forcing Eva to do - gasp! - math every day. (The math is not optional.)

Comments

[conuly]

I didn't know about this sort of bottle rocket at all!

[zesty_pinto]

Whew! And to think I was ready to make a remark on how illegal it was in NYC because most people made them with 2 liter soda bottles, ha!

[kengr]

I think there are even kits for them. Which is useful since the "release" is the tricky part.

A few useful links:
http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Bottle-Rocket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuz0curb_hg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R625vwA4jpQ

http://www.instructables.com/id/Soda-Bottle-Water-Rocket/

Google search term:
making rockets from pop bottles