The Fresh Maker Lab:

THE FRESH MAKER LAB!

(The Science of Solid-Liquid-Gas States)

Mentos Commercial Circa 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqgqgcE8Zck 

Foo Fighters Mockery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLdJQFTnZfA 

1. Watch Mythbusters: Season 4 Episode 14 - Diet Coke and Mentos https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hb2i2 

2. Visit the PHET Website with interactive online heat and thermo. labs. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=heat-and-thermodynamics&sort=alpha&view=grid Conduct a few of these simulations and describe how they relate to our Diet Coke and Mentos experiment. 

3. Using the Scientific Method, explain why this reaction occurs.