Jessica and Anson are back in action to show you how to conduct the awesome rising water science experiment. You only need a few items (and a few minutes) to impress everyone, and you get to use fire, which is always an added bonus!
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To conduct this experiment yourself, you’ll need the following items:
- 1 small glass
- food coloring (any color)
- water (in a separate cup)
- a few matches
- 1 lighter
- 1 glass plate
- coin
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Directions:
- Add food coloring to your water.
- Take a match and bend it so that the part you will be lighting faces upward.
- Place the bent match on the plate.
- Place the coin on top of the match so that it does not move.
- Add water to the plate, but be sure to not cover the tip of the match.
- Light the tip of the match.
- Immediately place the small glass over the flame.
- Watch the water get sucked up into the glass!
Anson explains what is happening:
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