Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Water Bottle Rocket Project: An afternoon of fun.
Kids and I build a water bottle rocket this afternoon... first few attempts were duds... until we worked the kinks out.
Wow ... what a blast (pun intended).
The video:
First attempt: the cork wasn't creating a tight seal:
Next attempt: We put some duct tape around the cork to get a better seal
I wish I were smart like those Mythbuster guys and could figure out how high/fast the bottle went... hang time is easily 5 or 6 seconds for some of the tries.
Here are some frame captures from the video -- just to give you a sense of the explosive nature of the project.
that tiny green spec -- ! -- is the bottle -- yikes that's high
Building the rocket:
Materials:
• Wine cork
• 2 litre pop bottle
• inflatable needle (like you'd use to inflate a basketball)
• air compressor
• water
• plastic pipe
How we did it:
The plastic pipe is the base - you need to cut a hole in it big enough to insert the end of the air compressor
Take a wine cork and cut it in half
Insert a "inflatable needle" into the cork - it needs to stick out past the end of the cork.
Wrap some duct tape around the cork (this was the missing step from earlier failures) - the duct tape creates a tight seal. You may not need to do this if the cork creates a tight seal on its own
Fill a 2 litre pop bottle about 1/4 full of water
Insert the cork - through the hole in the pipe stand - and into the 2 litre pop bottle
Turn the compressor on and GET BACK.
The rocket always went the same direction (straight up) but I had the kids behind a cardboard "blast shield" just in case.
Best part of the project, the total cost was $0 -- as we just made use on material around the house.
Wow ... what a blast (pun intended).
The video:
First attempt: the cork wasn't creating a tight seal:
Next attempt: We put some duct tape around the cork to get a better seal
I wish I were smart like those Mythbuster guys and could figure out how high/fast the bottle went... hang time is easily 5 or 6 seconds for some of the tries.
Here are some frame captures from the video -- just to give you a sense of the explosive nature of the project.
that tiny green spec -- ! -- is the bottle -- yikes that's high
Building the rocket:
Materials:
• Wine cork
• 2 litre pop bottle
• inflatable needle (like you'd use to inflate a basketball)
• air compressor
• water
• plastic pipe
How we did it:
The plastic pipe is the base - you need to cut a hole in it big enough to insert the end of the air compressor
Take a wine cork and cut it in half
Insert a "inflatable needle" into the cork - it needs to stick out past the end of the cork.
Wrap some duct tape around the cork (this was the missing step from earlier failures) - the duct tape creates a tight seal. You may not need to do this if the cork creates a tight seal on its own
Fill a 2 litre pop bottle about 1/4 full of water
Insert the cork - through the hole in the pipe stand - and into the 2 litre pop bottle
Turn the compressor on and GET BACK.
The rocket always went the same direction (straight up) but I had the kids behind a cardboard "blast shield" just in case.
Best part of the project, the total cost was $0 -- as we just made use on material around the house.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
A timely video for Remembrance Day
On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a drug store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the stores PA asking customers who would still be on the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us.
Terry was impressed with the stores leadership role in adopting the Legions two minutes of silence initiative. He felt that the stores contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.
When eleven oclock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the two minutes of silence to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.
Terrys anger towards the father for trying to engage the stores clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, A Pittance of Time.
Terry was impressed with the stores leadership role in adopting the Legions two minutes of silence initiative. He felt that the stores contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable.
When eleven oclock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the two minutes of silence to commence. All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect.
Terrys anger towards the father for trying to engage the stores clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, A Pittance of Time.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Gene Simmons coming to Moncton as part of the Atlantic Brand Confabulation (video)
Unofficial (shot with my iPhone & sorry about the thumb) video of the press conference yesterday - Brad Leblanc makes the big announcement.
On the heals of the Atlantic Dream Festival, The Momentum Group announces Gene Simmons from KISS and "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" will be the Keynote speaker at the upcoming Atlantic Brand Confabulation.
Should be a great night. Razor was asked to created the logo for the event, here it is:
More on the event can be seen here.
Very cool to see that The Car Guys from the Moncton Chrysler Superstore (a great local brand) are a big sponsor os the event.
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