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LAUREL — A quiet spring day turned into a burst of science — and a few skyward sprays of soda — as Laurel-Concord-Coleridge kindergarten students teamed up with the high school Science Club for Earth Day activities.
The highlight was the “soda geyser experiment,” a crowd-pleasing demonstration that sent columns of pop shooting into the air and drew wide-eyed reactions from the younger students.
Science Club members showed how dropping Mentos candies into bottles of Coca-Cola triggers the dramatic effect. While it may look like an explosion, students learned it’s actually a fast-moving physical reaction.
As those bubbles rapidly grow and combine, the gas rushes out of the bottle all at once, carrying the liquid with it and creating the geyser effect.
The students also visited the community recycling center to learn how materials are sorted and processed, and to encourage good recycling habits.
