Group 1
Materials Needed:
A bottle (2 Erlenmeyer Flask – provided)
vinegar
baking soda
a balloon
a funnel (provided)
ruler
How It's Done:
1. Have a small amount (2 tablespoons) of baking soda in the first balloon using the funnel and another 4
tablespoon baking soda in the 2nd balloon.
2. Then pour vinegar into the bottle so it is about half full. Very carefully stretch the balloon around the top of
the bottle, making sure you keep the balloon down so that the baking soda doesn't fall into the bottle just yet.
3. Tip the balloon up to allow the baking soda to drop into the bottle. Make sure they hold the top of the balloon
so that it doesn't come off.
4. Observe and wait for the result.
Observations:
What happened to the balloon after each time interval? Write observations in the table.
10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes
1st balloon
2nd balloon
What type of reaction occurred? How do you know?
Group 2
Materials Needed:
1 tsp of yeast
1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide
a stirring stick
a thermometer
beaker
How It's Done:
1. Pour the peroxide into the bowl and place the thermometer in the liquid.
2. Let it sit for a few minutes until the temperature has stabilized.
3. Record this starting temperature.
4. Now have them make their guess as to what will happen and if it will be a chemical or physical change.
5. Pour in the yeast and stir. The mixture should start to fizz and bubble which is a clue to the fact that a
chemical reaction is happening, keep eyes on the thermometer. They can also touch the outside of the bowl to
physically feel the temperature change.
6. Have them record the temperature the end. Were they right? What type of change occurred? What made
the temperature rise?
A. Temperature:
Starting:
After mixing the chemicals:
Reaction after 5 minutes:
Reaction after 10 minutes:
B. Observations:
C. What type of change occurred? What made the temperature rise?
Group 3
Materials Needed:
3/4 cup of warm water
1 cup of glue
a large bowl
a cup (beaker)
an additional 1/2 cup of warm water
2 tsp baking soda
a spoon (stirring glass)
How It's Done:
1. Place the 1/2 cup of warm water into a cup (beaker) and stir in the 2 tsp of baking soda
2. Pour the water and glue into the bowl and stir them together. Observe.
3. Then have them stir while slowly pouring in the borax solution (this is a good 2 person job).
4. Have them keep stirring until the solid forms completely.
5. Ask for their observations. Did a chemical change occur? How do they know?
Observations:
Did a chemical change occur? How do you know? how long did the reaction occur?
Group 4
Material Needed:
3 test tubes with lids (or any container) filled half full with water
food coloring
3 containers: 1 containing bleach, 1 containing vinegar, 1 containing hydrogen peroxide
3 droppers
How It's Done:
1. Drop a couple drops of food coloring into each of the tubes containing water.
2. Add a different liquid to each of the 3 tubes of colored water and they have to decide if a chemical change
happens or not.
3. Have them take one dropper full of the vinegar and add it to one of the colored tubes.
4. Cap and shake, or stir, the tube. Allow them to make any observations before repeating this process with the
remaining 2 liquids and tubes.
Observations
Containing water Containing different liquid
Test tube 1 w/ bleach
Test tube 2 w/ vinegar
Test tube 3 w/ hydrogen peroxide
What kind of chemical reaction observed? Why?
Group 5
Materials Needed:
an empty plastic soda bottle (about 16 oz)
1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide ( the 3% version you can get at the store)
1 pkg of yeast
1/4 cup of warm water
dish soap
a cup
2 food coloring
Beaker, alcohol lamp, tripod, dissecting pan (provided)
How It's Done:
1. Pour the peroxide into the bottles.
2. Place a few drops of food coloring into the bottles with the peroxide.
3. Add a squirt of dish soap and swirl the bottle to mix.
4. In the cup, mix the water and yeast and stir for a few seconds to combine.
5. Then have them pour the yeast into the bottle with the peroxide and watch what happens!
6. Once the reaction has completed, feel the foam and observe.
Observations:
What are the kind of chemical reactions took place? How do you know?
What do you feel when you touch the foam?
Group 6
Materials needed:
Materials Needed:
4 cups of white vinegar {acetic acid}
4 tablespoons of baking soda {sodium bicarbonate}
a pot
a glass measuring cup or mason jar {heat safe glass}
a dish
a spoon
tripod (provided)
alcohol lamp (provided)
petri dish ( provided)
beaker (provided)
How It's Done:
1. In a saucepan or large beaker, add baking soda to the vinegar, a little at a time (slowly) and
stirring between additions.
2. Boil the solution until a crystal skin or film starts to form on the surface. Scrape a small amount
of the crystal for later used (set aside).
3. Add 1 cup of water and slow cook until it becomes clear.
4. Pour solution in a beaker cover it and leave in a room temperature, wait until it cools down.
5. Drop a crystal into the container of cooled sodium acetate solution. Observe after the chemical
reaction is visible, try to touch the formed solution and observe.
Observations:
What happened when mix vinegar and baking soda? What solution does it formed?
Describe the reaction physically and its temperature.
Group 7
Materials Needed:
Salt
Spoon
Coffee filters (provided)
Water
3 Beakers (provided)
Sand
Straw
Petri dish (provided)
How It's Done:
1. Stir a spoonful of sand into a half a cup of warm water.
What happens to the sand? Record your observations.
2. In another cup, stir a spoonful of salt into a half a cup of warm water.
What happens to the salt? Record your observations.
3. Stick the straw into the salt water mixture. Take a small sip.
What does it taste like?What does this prove about the salt?
4. Look at the sand mixture and the salt mixture.
How are the mixtures different? Record your observations. Do you think the mixtures can be separated?
5. Place a coffee filter over one of the empty cups. Carefully and slowly pour the sand mixture into the filter.
Record your observations. What happens to the water and the sand?
6. Try the same filtering method with the sand water.
What happened? Taste the “filtered” salt water again with a straw. What do you notice about the taste?
7. Pour a small amount of salt water into Petri dish. Set it on a windowsill and observe few hours.
Record your observations. After the water is gone, what is left behind?
