You know how kids like to mix things, especially things like baking soda and vinegar? Well, what if you could take baking soda and vinegar and make it better?
I did. It was easy!!!!
I took baking soda and my colouring gels and mixed them...
And got coloured baking soda!!!! I made lots of colours, too. And I got carried away and coloured the vinegar, too. (I wish I would have had liquid food colouring for that.)
And I collected my sciencey looking tools....
I placed a group of tools on a tray for each of my buddies to explore.
They figured out what to do really fast.
And had lots of fun watching the reactions!
I want to try this again, this time perhaps colouring the baking soda, but also having other things like sugar or cornstarch in other colours. And water as well as vinegar. I like the idea of having the different materials be different in colour from each other. I think it makes it a little more fun to explore, and perhaps easier for my young buddies to distinguish differences between the materials and remember how each reacted.
Good idea to make colored baking soda- We totally made volcanoes just last night with our homemade chocolate play dough and used up an entire bottle of vinegar doing it. Such a fun way to entertain ourselves. haha!
ReplyDeleteStopping by frim share thread. Love the colored baking soda. They look like they had fun. My son loves this. Thanks for sharing, jaime- frogs and snails and puppy dog tails
ReplyDeleteWe love this activity too! So much fun!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! I love all of the "science" equipment that you used! :)
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