Caution: EXPLODING WATERMELONS!!

               Thursday June 16, 2016              

          So, Thursday in class we did something really interesting and probably very dangerous if done wrong!  With Mr. O'Connell's direction, we basically made a small-scale homemade H Bomb inside a watermelon that we then ignited and watched explode.               We started out with a watermelon the was carved like a pumpkin but we kept everything in tact (we cut the eyes, nose, and mouth but we didn't go all the way through the watermelon).  With a hole cut out in the top (we also made a small hole in the back of the watermelon where we stuck in the end of a lighter covered with a rubber glove), we placed a small, open can of Hydrogen*.  We then took a cup of water and poured the contents into the small can and quickly put the top of the melon back on.  Using an oven mitt, our teacher held down the top of the watermelon, securing the inside.  After counting to about 30, a student cautiously lit the lighter and then BOOM!!! The watermelon exploded and it's eyes, nose, and mouth launched outwards.  It was awesome and a couple of people screamed kind of loudly...😂