Ooops… Too Late!
How did this happen? It all started as a harmless science workshop for teachers presented by an outstanding teacher in Beaumont, Texas. Marie “Mel” Moreau from the Region 5 Education Service Center gathered her teachers outside to watch the “release of carbon dioxide gas from a bottle of Diet Coke”. Well, next thing you know, everyone is running for cover.
Want to try it? Just drop a roll of Mentos candy into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke and you get the Mentos Eruption! Unfortunately, this workshop participant forgot the last step which is to RUN! If we only had video.
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Hello, everone. I found out that if you drop a piece of mento into Coke, it will also explode!
does it work better on suger free soda?
Diet soda works best… but no one really knows why. Many speculate that it has something to do with the artificial sweetner. Besides, it makes less of a mess for clean-up.
this experiment we did with the teens at our church not only did they get a big kick out of it but the adults did as well. thanks for the col idea and we all had fun at our game night because of it.
hi.is there a way do do this(ive seen videos of this) but you put the mentos in(im not sure if you close the lid or not) and then you throw the bottle on the ground and the whole bottle shoots up like a rocket. im not sure of this but if you know how please explain to me how you do it.
Ahhh the good ol’ mentos and coke
It pops up pretty frequently in several forums I write in but it’s always fun ^^