Give it a try, and I bet that yours will, too!
"MAGIC JACK"
MAGIC JACK EXPERIMENT
Materials
- An empty, plastic bottle
- An orange neon balloon
- 2 tbs of baking soda
- 4 oz of vinegar
- A funnel
- A blacklight- you can use these flashlights or a blacklight fixture. My kids love using the flashlights!
Method
- Begin by drawing a jack-o-lantern face onto the neon orange balloon with black marker.
- Then, use the funnel to carefully fill the balloon with the baking soda.
- Add the vinegar to the plastic bottle, and then carefully secure the balloon to the top of the plastic bottle (ensuring that no baking soda drops in)
- When your child is ready have them lift the balloon and quickly dump the contents into the bottle. Then, stand back and watch!
- As the baking soda and vinegar combine in the bottle they will react, causing the balloon to magically expand!
So cool, right! My girls loved this experiment and asked to do it again and again!
We used several neon balloons so that we could make different magical jack-o-lanterns.
And my girls had an absolute blast!
The Science Behind the Experiment
Why do the baking soda and vinegar react?
What actually causes the balloon to expand?
To answer these questions (and more) visit this post which explains balloon-gas chemical reactions in detail.
Why do the baking soda and vinegar react?
What actually causes the balloon to expand?
To answer these questions (and more) visit this post which explains balloon-gas chemical reactions in detail.
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