Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Volcano experiment...so 1999!

Let's have some fun shall we?  It's time to use an oldie but goodie in a new way!  Things I used?  Baking soda, vinegar, a balloon, an empty water bottle, a funnel and a bowl.  I put about 3-4 TBSP of vinegar in the water bottle and then filled the balloon about half way up with baking soda (the funnel worked great for this).  Then I took the balloon (very very carefully) and placed it over the lip of the water bottle.    Make sure to not spill any of the baking soda in the bottle.  We then sat on the floor, put the bottle in a bowl, and I let Daphne shake the baking soda into the water bottle.

Baking soda and vinegar create carbon dioxide.    You can color the vinegar to make it more fun but I couldn't get to the food coloring so we didn't color it.  Just make sure you rinse out all of the residue from the bottle if you want to redo the experiment.  Daphne made us do it over and over and over again.

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