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Online Resource: Quick Freeze a Bubble!

 

A drawing of a skull with a striped background

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If you blow a soap bubble in subfreezing air, the water in the bubble freezes very quickly often creating a beautiful crystalline globe.

I found gorgeous videos that I hope will fascinate you and your students.

A drawing of a skull with a striped background

credit: pixabay.com/en/soap-bubble-bubble-eiskristalle-1958841/

 

videos on youtube.com
Frozen Bubbles Tracy Miller 30 seconds
Frozen Bubbles in Calgary 2 minutes
Ice Bubble Magic 14 minutes
How Water Freezes Close Up

Jesse Mason uses a smart phone to record water freezing.

 

How does this happen? – Partway down the page read about “Frozen Soap Bubbles”

Want to try it?

  • Instructions for blowing bubbles that freeze
  • How to from Wiki-How including a suggestion for making frozen bubbles in your freezer – please let me know if this works if you decide to try it!

For more images of frozen bubbles: