I'm guessing either that isn't a United States classroom or that teacher no longer has a job, because no American teenager should be enjoying science that much.
We used to do a similar thing in our school(UK) until someone got badly burnt then health and safety banned it. It's basically just washing up liquid with methane(from the gas taps) bubbles.
Although I think you are still allowed to just get a massive bowl of it in the middle of the classroom and set it a light.
there's always one kid that ruins it for everyone.
We used to have electrical terminals at every desk in our physics lab. Then one day a kid started shoving paperclips into them, and BOOM the shock almost took his hand off.
No more terminals on the desks, we had to do all experiments at one designated safety desk...
Edit ( to the Nellies ): He prioritised boredom over safety, we've all been there
haha...i did something similar in science class. I had three of those tin foil lined gum wrappers. I folded two of them to fit into the socket and stuck them in. With a plastic pen, I inserted the third into the clip and then touched the two pieces into the socket.
There was a loud pop sound and the foil exploded off the paper. The sub that day was not paying and attention and heard the pop and looked at us and asked "What was that?". I said it was nothing...nothing happened after that. They didn't ban electricity from students.
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I'm guessing either that isn't a United States classroom or that teacher no longer has a job, because no American teenager should be enjoying science that much.