Materials Needed: Condiment packet and a two-liter bottle. The first step of this experiment is to place the condiment packet in the bottle, fill it up to the top and screw the top. The packet needs ...

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Materials Needed: A can of root beer, a can of diet root beer, a large container of water and a deep sink or a bathtub. This experiment number four on our list of simple physics experiments with ...