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2 cups water
2 cups dry ice
2 spoonfuls of sand or dirt
a dash of ammonia
a dash of organic material - dark corn syrup
an ice chest
a large mixing bowl
work gloves
goggles
4 medium - sized plastic garbage bags
a hammer
a wooden spoon
paper towels
paper plate
Sydney jotted down the item names on a parchment so that she could know if anyone of them were missing after she had completed the task.
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Instructions for the Lab itself:
1. 1. Cut open one garbage bag and use it to line your mixing bowl.
2. 2. Place water in mixing bowl.
3. 3. Add sand or dirt, stirring well.
4. 4. Add dash of ammonia.
5. 5. Add dash of organic material stirring until well mixed.
6. 6. Place dry ice in 3 garbage bags that have been place inside each other.
Be sure to wear gloves while handling dry ice to keep from being burned. - If I find someone NOT using the work gloves, they will immediately lose 15 House Points and be put into detention. Even if they burn themselves by not using the gloves, punishment will STILL be given.
1. 7. Crush dry ice by pounding it with a hammer.
2. 8. Add the dry ice to the rest of the ingredients in the mixing bowl while stirring vigorously.
3. 9. Continue stirring until mixture is almost totally frozen.
4. 10. Use gloves - Lift the comet out of the bowl using the plastic bag and shape it as you would a snowball.
5. 11. Unwrap the comet as soon as it is frozen sufficiently to hold its shape.
6. 12. Place the comet on a paper plate.
Alriiiiiiight! Lets get to work...
She quickly tied her hair in a bun & folded her sleeves...
STEP ONE: Quote:
Cut open one garbage bag and use it to line your mixing bowl.
Sydney grabbed one of the medium-sized garbage bag and cut it open very cautiously...
Good, now lets line the bowl! She quickly lined the mixing bowl with the garbage bag & set it aside.
Phew...step one...DONE STEP TWO & THREE: Quote:
Place water in mixing bowl.
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Add sand or dirt, stirring well.
Water? Right! She poured the two cups of water in the mixing bowl & added the sand as mentioned in the instructions. With the help of the wooden spoon, Sydney stirred the mixture for exactly one minute. Making sure that the it was stirred well, she moved onto the fourth and fifth step..
OOC: Here the links to Sydney's posts...
Step 1, 2 & 3 |
Step 4, 5, 6 & 7 |
Step 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 Quote:
Instructions for the Lab itself:
1. 1. Cut open one garbage bag and use it to line your mixing bowl.
2. 2. Place water in mixing bowl.
3. 3. Add sand or dirt, stirring well.
4. 4. Add dash of ammonia.
5. 5. Add dash of organic material stirring until well mixed.
6. 6. Place dry ice in 3 garbage bags that have been place inside each other.
Be sure to wear gloves while handling dry ice to keep from being burned. - If I find someone NOT using the work gloves, they will immediately lose 15 House Points and be put into detention. Even if they burn themselves by not using the gloves, punishment will STILL be given.
1. 7. Crush dry ice by pounding it with a hammer.
2. 8. Add the dry ice to the rest of the ingredients in the mixing bowl while stirring vigorously.
3. 9. Continue stirring until mixture is almost totally frozen.
4. 10. Use gloves - Lift the comet out of the bowl using the plastic bag and shape it as you would a snowball.
5. 11. Unwrap the comet as soon as it is frozen sufficiently to hold its shape.
6. 12. Place the comet on a paper plate.
STEP 4 & 5: Quote:
Add dash of ammonia.
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Add dash of organic material stirring until well mixed
She slightly sniffed ammonia..."
ACK!" Sydney muffled... It had a very pungent odor.. Enough fooling around...lets get to work again!
She added a dash of Ammonia & the other organic material. Good...now lets stir.. Grabbing hold of the wooden spoon, Sydney stirred the mixture strenuously. "
Looks mixed to me" Sydney said grinning...
STEP 6 & 7: Quote:
Place dry ice in 3 garbage bags that have been place inside each other
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Crush dry ice by pounding it with a hammer.
Putting on her gloves, Sydney attentively added the dry ice in the garbage bags. So far, easy but here comes the hard part.. She had to crush the dry ice with the help of the hammer resting on the table..
Wearing the goggles which were lying on the table, Sydney lifted the hammer "...heavy..quite heavy." She thought as she hammered the ice.... BANG! THUD! BANG! BANG! .....
Hammering = DONE!
Sydney sighed as she placed the hammer back on the table.. She was starting to enjoy this...surprisingly!
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Instructions for the Lab itself:
1. 1. Cut open one garbage bag and use it to line your mixing bowl.
2. 2. Place water in mixing bowl.
3. 3. Add sand or dirt, stirring well.
4. 4. Add dash of ammonia.
5. 5. Add dash of organic material stirring until well mixed.
6. 6. Place dry ice in 3 garbage bags that have been place inside each other.
Be sure to wear gloves while handling dry ice to keep from being burned. - If I find someone NOT using the work gloves, they will immediately lose 15 House Points and be put into detention. Even if they burn themselves by not using the gloves, punishment will STILL be given.
1. 7. Crush dry ice by pounding it with a hammer.
2. 8. Add the dry ice to the rest of the ingredients in the mixing bowl while stirring vigorously.
3. 9. Continue stirring until mixture is almost totally frozen.
4. 10. Use gloves - Lift the comet out of the bowl using the plastic bag and shape it as you would a snowball.
5. 11. Unwrap the comet as soon as it is frozen sufficiently to hold its shape.
6. 12. Place the comet on a paper plate.
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Hmmmph...What's next" She said glancing at the instruction...
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Hammering....Done, Mixing....Not Done" Sydney mumbled as she eyed the list once again.
STEP 8 & 9: Quote:
Add the dry ice to the rest of the ingredients in the mixing bowl while stirring vigorously.
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Continue stirring until mixture is almost totally frozen.
After adding the crushed dry ice, Sydney gripped the wooden spoon tightly and started the stirring..but this time with a lot more force and pressure... "
I am stirring...stirrrrrinng in the rain...stir...stir..under the starssss" Sydney singed in a low voice & giggled at her silly song...
Her wrist ached due all the stirring but she had to stir the mixture until it froze.....
After a fewwwww minutes
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yay! It froze!" Sydney exclaimed excitedly & glanced around the room, everyone was busy..
STEP 10, 11 & 12: Quote:
Use gloves - Lift the comet out of the bowl using the plastic bag and shape it as you would a snowball.
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Unwrap the comet as soon as it is frozen sufficiently to hold its shape.
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Place the comet on a paper plate.
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Move on, Move on, Move on" Sydney reminded herself. With her gloves in place, she lifted the comet with the help of the plastic bags and started to sculpt it in a round-ish snowball like structure. Feeling satisfied with the shape & making sure it was completely frozen, Sydney peeled the comet out of the bags and placed it carefully on the paper plate..
TA DA!!
Her comet was in perfect shape, just like it should be! Sydney sighed happily. Bending slightly, she placed her elbows on the table, cupping her face in her hands, Sydney stared at her very first Comet....