Diet Coke & Mentos Eruptions
The End of Year Science Project

These are just a few of the MANY resources online with great information relevant to this project. Any additional research you do is up to to you.

EepyBird Guys
Great website with lots of information on WHY it works as well as numerous cool videos.

Steve Spangler Explanation
Good procedure of how to drop the Mentos into the soda

Background Research
Note-taking sheet for MythBusters video and online research

Mentos Eruptions Project Handout
Project overview and experimental design template

"8 Gold Mentos Eruption Team Competition" Entry Form
Coming soon!

Wednesday 6/2	Watch MythBusters video in class
Thursday 6/3	Learn about project goals and expectations. Determine all possible variables for this experiment. Teacher demo of a typical Mentos eruption Homework: Do additional research online
Friday 6/4	Get assigned groups Choose variables to test and write up experimental design. Homework: Purchase materials for Monday (You may not begin testing until I approve your design)
Monday 6/7	Conduct experiment
Tuesday 6/8	Conduct experiment
Wednesday 6/9	Finish experiment if needed Create graph and prepare class presentation
Thursday 6/10	Class presentations Homework: Post your results on the team discussion board so all students can draw conclusions from your data.
Friday 6/11	Submit your team's entry form into the "8 Gold Mentos Eruption Team Competition"