Ch3: The Volcanic Science Fair
Disclaimer: I don't own the Mythbusters, I just happen to like the idea of them as little kids in a science fair. It's very explosive!!
"How many times so I have to tell, you no science projects in the house!" All the young mythbuster's mothers said at the same time, before moving them and their explosive projects outside. "What are we going to do with those kids?" They asked one another (they lived right next to each other). They went inside and had a nice quite Sunday brunch with each other.
The kids and their science projects headed down to the best place to build dangerous stuff, the playground. Kari was carrying a lot of art material and paint. Tory was carrying clay, string, wires, toothpicks, a black marker, CD player, speaker, steel bars, tomato sauce, baking soda, and a blank sign. Grant was holding a bunch of different metal parts, his advanced robotics guide, remote controller, tools, gooey materials, tubing, and several lighters. Jamie had a mesh screen, a clear tube, coke, mentos, a rod, clay, and a plywood board. Adam had a cardboard sun, clay, vinegar, red dye, baking soda, several marbles of different sizes, a toy truck, measuring cup, paper, 3" wide wood pieces, and several coat hangers. You would run away as soon as you saw them.
When they got to the park they dropped their heavy equipment, except Grant he cleared a nice little area and set it down gently. "You guys have to build volcanoes, too?" Tory asked Adam and Jamie.
"Yeah," Adam said with a sigh.
"Way bellow our skill level," Jamie said in his monotonous voice.
"Same for us, they didn't put any restrictions, other than it has to be a volcano, so we're spicing ours up a bit," Tory said with a grin.
"Same with us! Let's help each other out," Adam said with glee.
So the young Mythbusters got to work building their volcanoes, they were due the next day to be put on display next to the older grade's projects. They're in kindergarten and 1st grade and the school thought that the parents would think that it was adorable. Obviously, they did not factor in these children.
One Day Later…
"Bye mom!" Tory said as he struggled to get his project out of the car without the cover falling off.
"Are you sure you got it?" Tory's mother asked him.
"Yeah, and my friends are going to help me."
As if on queue a square of projects and small children came up to him. He joined the group and they moved into the door way. Fortunately, the doorway was large and their classrooms were right next to each other.
"What is that?" Both of their teachers asked as soon as they walked in the room. "Never mind, it's your project isn't it?"
"Three different ones, you know for each of us. We wanted to spice it up a bit," Kari said with a fake smile to hopefully win her over.
"Fine, but one more fire and I am going to have to call your parents," Mrs. Fraha said sternly. The same conversation had happened one room over.
"I don't get paid enough for this," she said as she walked away.
During the day they set up their experiments. "Now kids remember to tell your parents to come to the gym tonight at 7 o'clock. Please wear something nice, in other words ask your parents to pick something. Remember you want to look good in the year book. We are going to have a safe tour this time so you would need to bring your mini fire extinguishers. I'll be carrying one around," the teacher finished with a smile. The bell rang and the kids ran to catch the bus.
"This is going to be awesome," Grant said with the world's biggest smile on his face.
"I can't wait to see the parent's faces!" Adam said with a crazy laugh.
"My parents will be so proud of its simplicity," Jamie said while intelligently fixing his glasses.
They went home and talked to their parents, but did not tell them what their projects looked like. After all, what is the point of putting a no looking or touching sign if you tell your parents about it?
A Few Hours Later…
"Now right here is Bobby's volcano. Bobby show us how the volcano works," Mrs. Fraha said.
"The volcano has somthin' in it and you add whatever this is and it go boom!" Bobby said happily as he demonstrated for the parents. They clapped and awed for him. The year book people took his picture, and then Bobby ran and joined his parents. "These are going to be the best," he told his parents in a whisper.
"Well, I thought yours was amazing," his mother told him.
"Trust me these kids know what their doing. Remember they're the ones who set the teacher's papers on fire!" Bobby said happily. His mother forced a smile and quickly brought her mini fire extinguishers from her bag.
"Next we have… Hold on let me get the fire extinguisher the next five are the most expansive ones," the teacher reached under the table and got the fire extinguisher. "Ok, Kari you go first. It will hopefully be the least explosive."
"Thank you Mrs. Fraha. I give you Mt. Brigd," she said as she quickly took the sheet off of her volcano. "Brigd means change or play of colors in old English. I shall pour the baking soda into volcano, making it have a chemical reaction with the dyed vinegar inside. The baking soda is a base and the vinegar is an acid you they fizz on impact." Kari poured the baking soda into her colorful, abstract, and flowery volcano. It shot out in a play of colors. "I created separate tubes so the color didn't mix together." The crowd of parents applauded in awe. Kari curtsied and then ran off and joined her parents.
"Next up is Salvatory," the teacher said. Tory didn't come up. "Come on, show us your project."
"I told you I don't answer to Salvatory. My name is Tory," Tory said.
"Fine, Tory come up and show us your project."
"Thank you Mrs. Haha-"
"It's Fraha."
"As I was saying welcome ladies, gentlemen, and children of all ages to the one the only recreation of Pompey." He pulled of the sheet and pushed and few buttons. The sound started, sirens whaled, the sign lit up. It read, Welcome to Pompey, You Won't Live Long! He had little models with panic stricken faces. Tory pulled a string and baking soda fell into the volcano filled with tomato sauce. The volcano bubbled and spilled everywhere. Screaming started from the speaker. He took a bow and then joined his parents. The parents clapped in awe.
"Next up is Grant."
"Thank you and before we start, if you see minor flames please don't try to extinguish them." Grant told them before he unveiled his masterpiece. It was a robotic volcano. The base started shake, he flipped a few switches and the little robotic people started running around in circles. All of a sudden the houses caught fire when the red liquid oozed out of the volcano. The liquid recycled its self when it reached the tube that was cut in have and hooked up to a pump. The bowed, turned it off and ran to join his parents. The parents just stood there with their mouths open. "What?! It was easy," Grant said with a grin.
When the initial shock ended the third grade class came to show their projects to their parents. However, Adam and Jamie had come to see Kari's, Tory's and Grant's so they were already there. "Mom, dad, can we stay and see Adam and Jamie's please," They all pleaded to their parents. "Sure, why not?"
"Now welcome to the showing of the third grade's volcanoes. Jamie is up first… Mrs. Fraha are you done with that fire extinguisher, yes Adam and Jamie are up first. Thank you," Ms Nathafrorick turned back to the parents and smiled. "Now as I was saying, Jamie please come up and show us your volcano."
"Thank you, and this is my volcano." Jamie said while revealing a normal looking volcano, except for a tube coming out of the side. "This is a different sort of volcano; it does not use vinegar and baking soda but coke, mentos and a screen. Observe, as I insert the mento threw this tube." He took a wooden rod and pushed the mento threw the tube. As soon as it was in the volcano the coke shot up and sprayed threw the screen showering everyone in a fine mist. Jamie bowed and the crowd of parents and children applauded.
"Thank you Jamie for that unorthodox demonstration. Next up is Adam," she said as she smiled and clapped lightly.
"Thank you for that wonderful introduction Ms, Ms…"
"Nathafrorick," she said politely.
"Yeah, that. My volcano is a Rube Goldberge device, in other words one thing will activate the next until the baking soda falls into the vinegar filled volcano." Adam explained as he unveiled. It was a very complicated machine with a big hanging sun. He placed a marble at the top of the platform, he lightly tapped it to fall won a spiraling paper slide, and it then fell onto another platform. The marble slid down the platform hitting the toy truck, and then the toy truck rolled and hit the cup of baking soda that was attacked to the end of the wood. The baking soda in the cup spilled into the volcano making it bubble and fizz over. Adam took a bow and ran to join his family and friends while the crowd applauded.
After the science fair the kids cleaned up and packed their stuff in their cars. They all got ice cream and had another science filled day.
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