Weird Science Wednesday

What you'll need:

A thin metal baking sheet

Wide-mouth drinking glass with a heavy base

Wine glass

Enough dried peas to fill the wineglass

Water

What to do:




1. Place the baking sheet on top of the wide mouthed drinking glass.
2. Put the wine glass on top of the baking sheet.
3. Fill the wineglass to overflowing with the dried peas.
4. Add enough water to come right to the brim of the wineglass.
5. Slowly, over the course of the next few hours, the peas will fill with water and begin falling out of the glass and onto the baking sheet. They will make a spooky plink sound as they fall and it will look like the rest of the peas are lining up to jump out of the glass too!




From the Book of Totally Irresponsible Science by Sean Connolly