Description :
The amazing Al Mustaqbal created a unique lava lamp using baking soda, vinegar, and oil. They placed the baking soda in glasses filled with oil, where it sank to the bottom, and then added the vinegar, which they had colored with food coloring. The reaction between the baking soda and the vinegar created lots of colorful bubbles, making the glass look like a homemade lava lamp!
“Al-Mustaqbal” means “the future” in Arabic, and it is a word that is important to us. Our team is made up of children who learn, play, and grow together every day. We support each other, listen to each other, and try to help when someone needs it. Our school is a place where we feel safe and where we can share our thoughts and experiences. Being children on the move is not always easy. Many of us have traveled far from our homes and faced different challenges. Still, we continue to learn and dream about our future. Our past is part of who we are, but our future is ours to write. We come from different backgrounds, but this makes our team stronger, because we learn from one another. We decided to take part in this project to show that nothing is impossible. We want to be heard and to share our presence from the camps where we live and where we spend most of our time. We also want to show that, even when life is difficult, we can work together, create, and believe in a better future.
from Sudan, Egypt, South Sudan, Kurdistan
teacher:
Mualima Vasiliki Koraki
location: Malakasa, Athens, Attica, Greece

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from our Mentor
Nargis Kohgadai
on 19/05/2026
Your team name is as beautiful as your visual experiment. I was intrigued from the beginning till the end. It's so nice to see how objects that we use/see in daily life are made using science. Thank you for sharing a little about your team. It warms my heart that science is bringing so many students together..
Explosive Spheres Gang & Ms. Katerina
on 14/05/2026
Congratulations on your wonderful work!
from our Mentor
Anastasia Tezari
on 04/05/2026
Wow this looks so cool! You could also test for how long the lava lamp is active, depending on how much soda you put in for example! This could be a fine example of the scientific methods, with students doing some predictions in the beginning!