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STEVE SPANGLER: Ever
notice there's
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bubbles that don't pop?
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Well, they do pop when
they touch your skin.
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Why don't they pop when
they're on the carpet?
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I think I've got some answers
and some really cool things to
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do with bubbles that you
can try at home.
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STEVE SPANGLER: I'm Steve
Spangler, and I'm all about
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making science fun.
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For the last 20 years, I've
been teaching ways to turn
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ordinary science experiments
into unforgettable learning
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I have an amazing team who will
do whatever it takes to
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affect the way people
think about science.
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And to do that, I live by
one motto, "Make it big.
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STEVE SPANGLER: Well, if we're
going to talk about bubbles,
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we need to start with
bubble solution.
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And contrary to popular belief,
it's not as easy as
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just taking soap and
adding it to water.
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It probably will give you
bubbles, but not the kind
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we're looking for.
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Well, if we're going to make
great bubble solution, you've
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got to start with the
right things.
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First of all, clean glassware.
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So I don't want to use something
that's dirty.
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I'm trying to keep this
as pure as possible.
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And clean water.
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Now what makes clean water?
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How about distilled water?
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Eight ounces of distilled
water, 240 milliliters.
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And of course, that's
just for the purist.
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The minerals, or sometimes the
things that are in regular tap
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water, they say, can hinder the
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formation of great bubbles.
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Take it for what it's worth.
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We're using distilled water
for these bubbles.
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Soap, dish soap.
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Now we're not looking for
anything other than the
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cheapest generic kind
of dish soap, Dawn,
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Lemon Joy, any of those.
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We just want stuff that doesn't
have apple, lemon,
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orchard scented, H1N1-killing.
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You just want just good,
generic soap.
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Into our eight ounces,
we're going to add a
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tablespoon of soap.
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For our metric people out there,
we're adding about 15
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milliliters of our Dawn
dish soap to the 240
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