What an excellent piece of writing about bubbling as an activity for kids ~ first printed 1890

Bubbles and Boyle excellent 3-2-1 contact science bubbles lesson plan for elementary school aged kids. A bubbleology class.

Big Bubbles blow in the wind, a short how-to mag. piece.

HEY MOM, I'M BORED: Blow away boredom / A container of bubble solution and soentertainment

Teacher Suzanne Coleman mixed dish detergent, a little glycerine, and water in a basin, then passed out straws to her curious audience. That was all she needed to show a group of preschool teachers how to cultivate the scientist in the youngest of children: Bubbleology she called it.

In Japan, they test their bubbles by bouncing them on gloved hands. Here's more about it.

An excellent "ladder" wand to make from Japan.

This is a bubble blower made out of a toilet roll. Make it at your own risk. Moms don't seem to like the idea of kids playing with "dirty" TP tubes.

Fun ways to take bubble blowing beyond that little yellow wand:

Teaching math and geometry with bubbles because they activate kids' natural curiosity.

The chemistry of surfactants is discussed in CHEMISTRY REVIEW, One of the fun properties of certain surfactants is that you can blow bubbles with them. Interesting stuff.

Bubble business-Building machines: It can run non-stop for three hours on two gallons of bubble solution (which sells for about $3 a gallon), forcing many thousands of bubbles high into the air per minute. The Glovers do not hold a patent for the machine, having shown it publicly before fully exploring the possibilities.

Providence, R.I.-Based Toymaker Hopes Market for Bubbles Hasn’t Burst. What's bubble toy maker to do?

This is the design to make a water wheel type bubble making device out of CDs.

How can you catch a bubble? How could you measure a bubble? Why do bubbles fall to the ground? Students of all grade levels can discover the answers to these and other intriguing questions as they investigate bubbles in a unit that integrates the Internet with science lessons. The setup is simple, and the topic is a welcome surprise for students during the long winter months.

Dawn Ivory Joy Material Safety Data Sheet

Soap bubbles aren’t just kids’ stuff. They’ve gone to the dogs, scented with "Sizzlin’ Bacon" for added allure.

What would happen if you tried to blow a bubble on a below freezing temperature day?...

Just like the broomstick was the mode of transportation for the Wicked Witch of the West, such was the case with a bubble for Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.

Glow in the dark bubble company profile in business mag.

Soap is an example of a detergent, or surface-active agent, or surfactant. In everyday life we use it to wash dishes, clean clothes, or keep our bodies presentable to nose and eye. Soaps have many other uses.

Helium, Material Safety and Data Sheet, US Dept. Mines

Bubble labs, links and formulas from Rice University

A Slew of innovative bubble toys reinvent a timeless category. From a trade mag.

Bubble solution is the best-selling toy in the world. Nowadays, more than 200 million bottles are sold each year to blissful "bubble maniacs." Unlike many fads, though, this one has a long history.

Louis Pearl's Bubble Sword - the sword that blows bubbles

Create your own bubble making kit. a short how to from a mag.

You can make micro-bubbles with any kind of soap. But, unfortunately, you can’t make real bubbles with any but a few kinds of soap. We don’t know why. The answer is some deep chemical mystery. But based on our extensive grocery store research, these are the only kinds of soap that work:

2003 Tootsietoy press release of new product introduction.

When your inspiration dries up and you’re at a loss for things to photograph, try blowing bubbles - real soap bubbles - for interesting and unusual subjects.The evanscent nature of the bubbles. A how to photograph bubbles piece.

Book review of POP, for up to fourth graders.

Thank you for hosting a team from the Shell Questacon Science Circus. We hope you enjoyed our visit. Our science shows are designed to educate and entertain. Did they spark your students’curiosity? If so, you may be keen to extend the show with more activities. Enclosed is information to supplement your own ideas and resources with which to follow-up our visit.

A breaking story from the Coast: San Francisco’s famed Exploratorium science museum became a Tower of Bubble as an effervescent crowd of bubble experts and bubble fans converged from around the globe for a blowout called the 2d Ever Bubble Festival.

Save the Wails, bubble blowing can make immunization injections an easier thing to take.

This is an excellent intro to what's in soaps etc. and what each ingredient does... The items below are for people wishing to make their own Shampoo, Bubble Bath, Shower Gel, and Hand Cleaners. They are completely unscented and undiluted. These products are NOT to be used "as is". They would be extremely strong and drying to the skin, so they must be diluted according the directions below. We've made it EASY and profitable to make your own!!

Surfactant is Not a Dirty Word! Please pardon the pun! Many people are a little wary of the word “Surfactant” and tend to only associate it with Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) and all “those bad ingredients”....

Edible candy bubbles advert in trade mag #1

Edible candy bubbles advert in trade mag #2

Teaching and assessing science process skills in physics using bubbles and bubble related tasks.

What is so fascinating about bubbles? The precise spherical shape, the incredibly fragile nature of the microscopically thin soap film, the beautiful colors that swirl and shimmer, or most likely, a combination of all these phenomena? Why does a bubble form a sphere at all? Why not a cube, tetrahedron, or other geometrical figure?

After a lifetime in the toy business, Jordan and Steven Kort are floating on the backs of bubbles. The brothers, the business partners behind upstart toy firm What Kids Want, have an unusual product on their hands, an interesting take on one the simplest of toys. With one of their wands, known as Wubbles, in hand, youngsters can transform any liquid into bubble solution.

This is an interesting, ground breaking bubble solution that makes colored bubbles with all new dyes. (2005)