Convection Currents

Today we did a demonstration with convention currents. We used two different sizes beakers to show convention currents. We used bunson burners to heat the beakers.  After the beakers were heated up we added food coloring to help see the convection currents.

            Then the food color hit the water it spread out in different variations. Some flowed this way and others flowed other ways. The food coloring showed how the convection currents. We also put styrofoam in the beakers to show how the plates move.

            We did this demonstration to make sure we understand what is happening to the convection currents and to show how the convection currents work.