Science!!!!

Aim: 
Try to blow out a naked flame with carbon dioxide 

Equipment:

• Tea candle
• a damp paper towel
• lighter
• 100ml beaker
• Calcium carbonate (marble chips-SML)-(CaCO3)
• Hydrochloric Acid
• mixing spatula
• splinter 
• ice-cream bowl
• safety glasses

Method:

Step 1

place a damp paper towel into an ice-cream bowl.

step 2

light your tea candle up and place it on the paper towel

Step 3

after putting your safety glasses on use your mixing spatula and scoop up three scoops of Calcium carbonate (marble chips-SML)-(CaCO3) and pour in Hydrochloric acid into your 100ml beaker but only enough until it fizzes.

Step 4

Light your splinter up and slowly apply it into the beaker and the flame should blow put if it doesn't you are doing it wrong and try it again.

Step 5 

Have Fun!!!

Results:

For my group, all of our attempts worked well.

Explanation:

we were using a candle to test if we had carbon dioxide but if it didn't blow 

out we would know there is no carbon is the beaker