The International Boiling Point Project

Ever Wonder What Causes a Pot of Water to Boil?

If you have, this project is for you!

We have people all over the world boiling water. In the past we've had climbers on Mt. Everest, school children in La Paz, Bolivia and college professors in Cheyenne, Wyoming all participating in the project. The purpose of this project is to discover which factor in the experiment (room temperature, elevation, volume of water, or heating device) has the greatest influence on boiling point. Anyone can participate in this year's project. All you have to do is boil a bit of water, record a bit of information, and send it along to us to include in the database of results. Then, students can analyze all of the data to reach an answer to the question: What causes a pot of water to boil

Interested in participating? Please read the project overview for some general information as well as the schedule. Here are the participating schools that have signed up so far.