Goal: To see if I can make quicksand and to see how it works. Apparatus: Plastic aquarium, plastic tubing (make sure that a portion of it is able to fit around the output of the chemical lawn sprayer), Plexiglas, cardboard, brass tubing, 2 hose barbs, 2 connectors, chemical lawn sprayer, plastic jug (to hold the same amount that the sprayer will), gas shut off-valve, small plastic cup, silicon sealer, epoxy, marker or pen, razor, wood, tape, scissors or knife, rocks, fine sand, sandpaper, drill, waterproof tape, jigsaw (or another saw that can cut Plexiglas), heavy object, string. Procedure: First you need the cardboard and the aquarium. Take the aquarium and place it on the cardboard. Then take a marker or pen and trace the shape of the aquarium onto the cardboard. Then cut out the shape and see if it fits tightly into the aquarium. If it doesn’t then make necessary adjustments, if it is to big then cut a little bit off, if it is to small then you need to get a new piece. Once the cardboard fits into the aquarium then take it and place it on the Plexiglas. Place tape on the Plexiglas so that when you put the cardboard onto the Plexiglas the edges of the cardboard are in the middle of the tape. Then use a pen to trace the cardboard shape onto the tape. Use a saw to cut the Plexiglas where the line is. Next, take the brass tubing and find a drill bit that is just a little bit bigger than it and use the drill bit to drill holes into the top of the Plexiglas. When you drill put a piece of wood on the other side of the Plexiglas so the Plexiglas won’t crack or break. Cut the brass tubing to 2 inches long and fit them into the holes you drilled into the Plexiglas. Now glue the Plexiglas into the aquarium. To do this, place the Plexiglas into the aquarium where you want it, and take a pen and draw around the edges. The epoxy directions tell you to sand the surface you are gluing so it is rough. So take sand pap...
