Square Bubble
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I know...I know...I said that nearly all bubbles are spherical. Â Nearly all of them are but not this one. Â In this experiment weâll be making a square bubble!
What do I need?
- Washing up liquid and water
- Bucket or large container
- 8 pipe cleaners
- 12 Straws
Scissors
STEP1Â â First thing is to make our square bubble maker. Â Take a pipe cleaner and bend and twist it round to make a âcorner shapeâ as shown.
WARNING: Make sure that you donât make your square bubble maker too big, make sure it can fit in your bucket!
STEP2 â Get an adult to help out chopping all of your straws in half.
STEP3 â Slide your âhalf strawsâ over your pipe cleaner âcorner shapeâ to make one corner of your cube.
STEP4 â Repeat this process to build out your straw cube framework.
STEP5Â â Submerge your bubbler-maker into your bubble mixture. Lift it out and give it a little shake and you should see a wondrous site, a square bubble!
Whatâs going on?
Doesnât look like itâs possible, does it? Looks sort of mystical and out of this world but itâs actually all to do with pressure.
A bubble film forms between each of the sides of the cube framework. This means that you can have a square bubble in the centre where the pressure is close enough to equal to make it work.
More Fun Please!
- Try not to play with your bubble for too long!?
- Would other shapes be possible? Could you make a triangle bubble?
- Try using a straw to blow a ânormalâ bubble inside the square bubble, why does that work?
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