GUIDE:

It will take about 25 minutes to make the experiment.

1

Fill the deep container – such as an ovenproof dish – with sand and place it in an open spot on a flat surface. Make sure that the container is completely stable.

2

Carefully pour ethanol onto the sand and make sure that it is evenly distributed across the surface. Most of the sand must be saturated.

3

Mix soda and sugar in the small bowl. Stir thoroughly. Dig a small hole in the sand and pour the mixture into it.

4

Ignite the ethanol and wait until the snake emerges. It might take about 20 minutes, before the snake has finished growing. As you will be burning ethanol, it is a good idea to do this experiment outdoors. You should have a bucket of water on hand for extinguishing purposes, in case the fire spreads.