Saturn is the “Ivory Soap Planet” because if you put it in water it would float. We did a science experiment with different kinds of soap to see which ones would float in water. Only Ivory did because it has gas bubbles inside. Saturn is a gaseous planet and is less dense than water so it would float, too (Joel, 7 1/2).
We put another bar of Ivory soap in the microwave to see what would happen. We all made a hypothesis. I thought it might disappear, Joel said it would explode, Nate said it would melt, and Sam said it would get bubbles. Then I remembered that air expands if it gets hot so I changed my guess. Mom said that was okay (Titus, 9).
We took the soap out of the microwave and it was all puffed up like a cloud. It was bigger than the plate. It stuck to the sides of the microwave. We played with it and turned it into snow. We made a big mess. But it was soap so Mom said it was a clean mess (Nate, 5 1/2).
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Fasctinating! Now we want to do this experiment.
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Well, come on over! The boys would be happy to repeat it! If you try this at home, I must warn you that the next 2 food items that come out of your microwave will in fact, taste just like ivory soap.
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the comments by boys – – great
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Thanks, Oma. We know that wasn’t easy to type with one hand. Hope you heal quickly!
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What would happen if it rained on Saturn like it did on earth in Noah’s day?
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We’ll have to do a little research on that one.
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A clean mess! I love it!
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Your mother, Julie, makes me cover with a napkin everything I put into the microwave!
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You are sadly missing out on a lot of fun science experiments, then. But at least Mom has a clean microwave.
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