Nancy, I have done this. It is very violent. Make sure you do a trial run after school with students around. Then you can decide if you wish to do it in front of a class. But after you do it, you will have to guard your supply of potassium chlorate very carefully forever! Especailly since gummy bears are so easy to get. Personally with today's society, I would not risk the liability issues that could arise if students get inspired to try this on their own. Jackie Maciel In a message dated 1/2/09 10:54:41 PM, nancyjeanward@xxxxxxx writes: > > Hello. I am contemplating doing a demo with gummi bear and potassium > chlorate; however, I am a bit chicken. Could you give me any info on this? > Has > any one done this? > Thanks, > > Nancy Ward > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth W. Brody <kwbrody@xxxxxxx> > To: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:43 pm > Subject: [neact] hope to see you > > > I apologize for this listing: I usually read the notices I read with a more > critical eye before sending them to the list-serve. I guess the holiday > season highs made me miss this. The response I got indicates how shop you > guys > are. > > Sorry, and Happy New Year. > > Ken > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message to the NEACT list, send an > email to neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send an email message to > neact-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with ‘unsubscribe’ [without the quotes] in the > subject > field. You may also unsubscribe via the web interface at > //www.freelists.org/list/neact . Help with the system may be obtained > at > //www.freelists.org/help Archived messages may be accessed at > //www.freelists.org/archives/neact “Digest” mode: Subscribers may set > a flag to this effect, > whereby all messages during a given day will arrive at the end of the day as > one email message. Please see the Freelists.org help files, or log on to the > web portal for instructions. > “Vacation” flag: It is also possible to set this option, which will cause > messages to not be delivered for the length of time that you specify. Here > too, please see the Freelists.org help files, or log on to the web portal for > instructions. > Moderator: The moderator of this list is Steve Stepenuck, whose contact > information is on the NEACT website at http://www.neact.org/list_service. > Please contact him if you encounter any problems subscribing to or using this > list. Thank you. > > > > > Get a ************** New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)