1. Mix 1:1 ratio of alcohol to water in a bowl/beaker. (Example: 2 tablespoons of alcohol and 2 tablespoons of water). 2.

Add salt to the solution if you would like the flame to be orange and more visible. 3. Take the money and soak it in the solution using metal tongs. 4. With metal tongs lift the money out of the solution and hold it above the bowl, allowing any residual solution to trip off. 5. Take the soaked money (with metal tongs) away from the bowl containing the solution. Then put the money on fire using a Bunsen burner. Hold the money up until the flame is out and the alcohol is all burned off. (The money should still be intact and unharmed.) Real Life Connection: Students will now realize how easily

combustion reactions can happen. If you light a flame near alcohol, (drinkable or medicinal) a fire may start. This is why flames must be kept away from medicine cabinets and liquor cabinets. After seeing how quickly a fire can start in a combustion reaction, students should then realize why many hydrocarbons (for example gasoline) can start damaging fires very easily. The most common combustion reaction is when you burn gasoline in a car, which produces CO2, a potential cause of global warming.