You’re totally going to flip out over this experiment! 🫨 See how to turn a water bottle upside-down with no spills below 👇
💧What you need:
Bottle
Fly screen
Rubber band
Water
Toothpicks or matchsticks
💧How to do the upside-down bottle experiment:
Cut out a small piece of fly screen that covers the opening of the bottle and extends over the sides slightly.
Place the fly screen over the bottle and secure tightly with the rubber band.
Fill the bottle with water through the fly screen.
Tip the bottle upside down slowly if you want to see the water still be able to pour out. Flip the bottle over quickly to see how the water stays in place!
BONUS EXPERIMENT: Take a toothpick or matchstick and push it up through the fly screen to watch it fly up the bottle!
💧What’s going on?
Water has cohesive properties, meaning it sticks to itself. It is also adhesive, meaning it likes to stick to other surfaces too! Although air wants to enter the bottle when it’s flipped upside down, that force i...