Sometimes what we set out to do and what gets accomplished
are two distinctly different things. Case
in point is the glow-in-the-dark bubbles we attempted. Having seen various incarnations of this
project online, we decided to give it a try.
We started by putting some premade bubble liquid in a cup. Next we cracked the glow stick and gave them
a good shake to really get them going. After, we carefully clipped the end of the
glow sticks and poured the contents into the bubble liquid.
(The glowing liquid appeared to be a bit
thicker than water creating comparisons to molten lava.) At first the liquids seemed to blend evenly
giving us hope that our experiment would work, but after a few tries we
realized that there was a definitely lack of luminosity in our bubbles. We attempted another batch and this time gave
it a vigorous mixing, but that only resulted in a more lackluster glowing.
In the end we admitted defeat and decided
that the glowing liquid looked kind of cool in the glass. Perhaps next time we will make liquid “fireflies”
in a jar.
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