As part of the Day of Entertaining Facts on June 8th , experiments of the “Pharaoh’s Serpent” were carried out in the children’s library. The guys set out to get the pharaoh’s snakes not only with the use of calcium gluconate, but also with the help of sugar, baking soda, and ethyl alcohol.
The two experiments were spectacular. Children and adults got acquainted with the distinctive features of each of the substances. The resulting reactions in the form of pharaoh’s snakes were simple and safe to perform, differed in size, color, and burning rate.
The children with their parents were asked to conduct experiments at home in compliance with all safety rules.
At the end of the library laboratory session, a literature review on entertaining chemistry was conducted.