Mentos!

Just to let everyone know, we of the Ambleside senior class (with the notable exception of Austin; he was sick YET AGAIN today) were proud to do an exhaustive expiriment with...whaqtelse...The Fresh Maker!

You know, Mentos.

Anyway, we tried various sodas (Diet Coke, Pepsi and Sam's Club Diet TwistUP) with both Fruit and Mint flavors of Mentos...and we even tried different-sized bottles on the Diet Coke to see which would spew soda the highest (we tried 24 ounce, 2-liter and 3-liter bottles)!

Nedless to say, it was a fun way to spend a chemistry class. The whole affair was simply amazing,...the TwistUP with fruit Mentos yielded the highest soda flume: over ten feet...and that wasn't even with all eight Mentos going successfully into the drink!

And yes, I will put videos up of all of our antics regarding this. Along with a slideshow\video of the field trip to the wine lab...sorry I haven't gotten that up yet.

But, the bottom line is that we had fifty minutes of fresh-making sweetness while learning how to conduct experiments (sort of; Reid and I already knew). All in all, that chemistry class made my day...and maybe even my week. But I'll have to check back with everyone on that...exam days let out at 12:15.

The other thing nice was that I finished all my homeworka t school today, a rare achivement...I stayed at school until 4 p.m. but that's usual as my mom works there. But anyway, all the homework is done so FREEDOM!!!

But anyway, exams let out at 12:15 and have a 30-minute break in between them. Hmmm...maybe, just maybe, I'll bring a 2-liter bottle of Diet TwistUP to school with a pack of fruit Mentos...let the soda fly! It's a good way to get all the little kids looking your way anyway... :)

P.S. I'll post the whole experiment results and everything with the videos. Which will probably show up here before Thanksgiving break. And yes, Mentos-itized Pepsi tastes good. :)