The Floating Tea Bag
Year 8 pupils set fire to a teabag on top of a £20 note. They demonstrate and explain what happens next.
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Duration: 2:15
Views: 709
Winner: Best Presenter, SciCast Awards 2009
A neat trick that’s also often done with the wrappers for amaretti biscuits, those delicious almondy things made from apricot kernels that you get in fancy Italian restaurants.
Here, a humble teabag suffices.
As with all experiments involving fire, do this only with adult supervision.
This is a deceptively simple film. A static camera, clamped on a tripod; a straightforward (though unusual and impressive) demonstration; a tidy explanation. It’s completely made by the performances of its two presenters, which lift it from being a competent but unremarkable SciCast film, into being an Award-winner.
Terrific stuff.
— Jonathan.
I love the moment as the presenters watch the tea bag rise and raise their hands. If I'm being fussy, the small flames would be easier to spot against a darker background.
Great fun for a pyromaniac!
Elin, 01 Apr 2009