Bubble Engineering

Have you noticed all bubbles are spheres? In this STEMSpark Stumper, you are going to try to produce bubbles of different shapes by engineering bubble wands!

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Materials:

  • Pipe cleaners

  • Straws

  • Household items: whisk, slotted spoon, spatula, fork, toys

Directions:

  1. Using pipe cleaners and straws, make several shapes like squares and triangles.

  2. Dip your bubble wand in the bubble solution

  3. Blow a bubble

  4. If the bubble was any shape besides a sphere, you did it! If not, make small adjustments to your bubble wand and try again!

  5. You can also use common household items such as slotted spoons, whisks, forks, and toys to meet this STEMSpark challenge