Exploding a Watermelon With Dry Ice

Do you like to blow things up? I think explosions are fun. I come up with random questions all the time, and recently I was wondering...can you explode a watermelon with dry ice in a water bottle? I’ve been wondering this for a while now, and I specifically want to know if the size or thickness of the water bottle affects the outcome or reaction. To find this answer, I’m going to conduct an experiment. How will I do this? I will be taking a watermelon, and using the dry ice in a water bottle to burst the large fruit into a million pieces. I am going to test and see how the ice reacts to 2 different sized bottles. I want to see if size or density of the water bottle matters, so I will use a small, decently thick water bottle, a large thin water bottle, and a large thick water bottle. I will also try 2 different ways to put the dry ice in the bottle. I am working with a partner. My partner, Emma Holder, is going to find out how to explode the watermelon and why it explodes like it does. Together, I think we have a super cool project!