Oceanmania- Make a WaveMaker by Belinda Mooney

This would be a great hands on actitivity for an ocean theme or an Earth science study. It's also just plain fun!

wavemaker

Make a Wavemaker

This would be a great hands on actitivity for an ocean theme or an Earth science study. It's also just plain fun!

Ingredients:

Clear Plastic Soda or Water Bottle (2.0 liter size is preferable)

Food Coloring (blue and green or colors of your choice)

Vegetable Oil, colorless

Water

Glitter or Metallic Confetti or small toys

Directions:

Fill bottle half way full with water and add about 4 drops of food coloring.Confetti of glitter can be added next if desired, a few pinches at a time. Using a small funnel, fill the bottle the rest of the way to the cap with vegetable oil. Add a dab of glue around the threads on the bottle top, screw the cap on tightly to seal. Colored plastic tape can be wrapped around the cap for extra sealing protection and decoration.

Tilt and rock slowly from side to side to create action in your wave maker!