bouncing Bubbles

bouncing Bubbles

Water, dish soap and glycerin... but what else?

Materials

•     1 cup of distilled water (240 mL)
•     2 tablespoons of Dawn® dish soap (30 mL)
•     1 tablespoon of glycerin (15 mL)
•     Pair of inexpensive gloves
•     Small bubble wand or pipette

    Make up a batch of Bouncing Bubble Solution with the ingredients listed above. Making your bubble solution at least 24 hours in advance and allowing it to sit undisturbed will allow the bonds in your bubble solution to strengthen. You know what that means, right? Stronger bubbles!

    Using a small bubble wand, blow a bubble about the size of a baseball. If you are using the pipette instead of the bubble wand, cut the bulb off the top of the pipette, dip it into the bubble solution, and blow into the other end of the pipette.

    Bounce the bubble off of your gloves. Try bouncing the bubble off of your shirt or pants. As you'll soon see, some fabrics work better than others.

About the Ingredients...

Water - The single most important part of the bubble solution is the water. Good quality water that does not contain high levels of iron or minerals is best. If you're uncertain as to the quality of your tap water, invest in a gallon of distilled water from the grocery store.

Soap - When it comes to soap, Dawn® dish soap just seems to work the best for homemade bubble solutions.

Glycerin - Glycerin is the secret additive that gives a bubble its extra strength. Don't be too shocked by the price on a bottleof high quality glycerin. Contact the pharmacist at your local grocery store for availability.

Bubble Colors - Similar to the way we perceive the colors in a rainbow or an oil slick, we see the colors in a bubble through the reflection and the refraction of light waves off the inner and outer surfaces of the bubble wall. You can't color a bubble since its wall is only a few millionths of an inch thick. A bubble reflects color from its surroundings.

How does it work?

The bouncing bubble is amazing because most people have never seen a bubble bounce! Experience tells us that regular bubbles burst when they come in contact with just about anything. Why? A bubble’s worst enemies are oil and dirt. A “super” bubble will bounce off of a surface if it is free of oil or dirt particles that would normally break down the soap film.

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