Bottle flipping is a craze that has recently taken over schools all around the country. Students love the fun of challenging others to land a bottle on its bottom. Most adults find this activity very annoying. They see no benefits to it, even though it has a few.

One benefit is that it keeps students off of their phones. Instead of having their face buried in their phone, they are interacting with others while flipping the bottle.

Another benefit of bottle flipping is it gets kids to be social. For example, when I attended Buckeye Boys State this past summer, some fellow students there created bottle flipping tournament. A ton of kids packed into a room to participate in the tournament. Everyone was laughing and having a good time. I even met a few friends in that room. That would not have happened without bottle flipping.

When asked about bottle flipping, Travis Tikkanen said, “It has become revolutionary and is a huge deal. It is a ton of fun and will always be remembered by our generation.”

Michael Spencer also added, “It is a good way to pass downtime when you are bored.”

It is honestly an extraordinary task that has a lot of science behind it. According to the Institute of Physics, a bottle is able to flip and land because the water inside of it climbs the walls of the bottle and stops its rotation while it vertically descends. This action causes all of the bottle’s momentum to go straight downward. This is why the bottle sticks and lands on the surface. This action can only be done with a certain amount of water. If the bottle is too full or too empty, it’s momentum will not be stopped. The bottle needs to be about ⅓ full in order for it to flip.

There is a time and a place to practice this activity, and during school may not be the best time or best place.  It can be annoying to those not participating, but there are, in fact, actual benefits to participating in this craze.