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<blockquote data-quote="KarrenStowe" data-source="post: 1168009" data-attributes="member: 302892"><p>Hi. I'm a science teacher and they're invaluable for doing mini rockets - either put a small amount of lemon juice/vinegar, then half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda OR a small amount of water and various sizes/amounts of Alkaseltzer tablets, quickly put lid on, turn upside down and run - as the chemicals fizz, they produce gas and the pot flies up like a rocket (you need to make sure the lid is no longer attached though). </p><p></p><p>Have you thought about collecting your pots and donating them to either pre-schools, primary schools or secondary schools? Kids of all ages can do these experiments and they can do investigations varying the amount of liquid/solid to see what makes the best rockets. </p><p></p><p>I've done this with my own kids for years (I've been T1 for 30 years and as soon as my kids were old enough, we did this) and when I started working in a school, discovered they always needed film canisters - but my pots worked just as well, if not better than some of the pots they had so the schools I've worked in and the ones my kids went to have been rather well stocked now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarrenStowe, post: 1168009, member: 302892"] Hi. I'm a science teacher and they're invaluable for doing mini rockets - either put a small amount of lemon juice/vinegar, then half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda OR a small amount of water and various sizes/amounts of Alkaseltzer tablets, quickly put lid on, turn upside down and run - as the chemicals fizz, they produce gas and the pot flies up like a rocket (you need to make sure the lid is no longer attached though). Have you thought about collecting your pots and donating them to either pre-schools, primary schools or secondary schools? Kids of all ages can do these experiments and they can do investigations varying the amount of liquid/solid to see what makes the best rockets. I've done this with my own kids for years (I've been T1 for 30 years and as soon as my kids were old enough, we did this) and when I started working in a school, discovered they always needed film canisters - but my pots worked just as well, if not better than some of the pots they had so the schools I've worked in and the ones my kids went to have been rather well stocked now. [/QUOTE]
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