Fizzing-Foaming

=__DANCING SEEDS __=

Experiment: To investigate which seed is the best "dancer" in lemonade.

Equipment:
 * Container
 * Lemonade
 * Pea seeds
 * Bean seeds
 * Pumpkin seeds
 * Raisins

Method:
 * 3/4 fill the container with lemonade.
 * Take turns to add the 4 different seeds.
 * Watch to see which seed is the best "dancer" i.e. moves up and down and moves around.
 * Be patient and keep watching for the changes that take place.
 * Observe, listen and smell what happens.

Explanation:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Can you explain what happened?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What caused the changes? Why were certain seeds better "dancers" in the lemonade?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What did you: SEE, HEAR, SMELL & FEEL?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What type of change was taking place?

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=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">FIZZ INFLATOR __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Experiment: To investigate what happens when you mix an acid (vinegar) with a base (baking soda). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Equipment:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Vinegar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Baking Soda
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Bottle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Funnel
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Balloon

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Method:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Use the dry funnel to put 5 tablespoon of baking soda into the bottle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Get the balloon ready - gently stretch the opening.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Add the 25 millilitres of vinegar.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Quickly place the balloon over the top of the bottle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Observe, listen and smell what happens next.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explanation:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Can you explain what happened?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What caused the changes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What did you: SEE, HEAR, SMELL & FEEL?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What type of change was taking place?

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=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">FILM CANISTER ROCKET 3-2-1 BLAST OFF! __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Learn how to make a space rocket with a few household chemicals with this fun experiment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Equipment: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Method: <span style="color: #f0133b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">WARNING <span style="color: #f0133b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Sometimes, you’ll get “duds” that simply foam out of an opening in the lid and never explode, but don’t be too anxious to scoop these ones up. Some have gone off after foaming out like this. So give them a few minutes to decompress before rushing in.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">ONLY DO THIS OUTDOORS! **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Film canister
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Ali
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Alka-Seltzer or Quick-eze tablet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Outdoor launch pad
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Fill you canister about 1/2 way full with water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Drop 1/3 - 1/2 of an Alka-seltzer or Quick-eze tablet in.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Snap the cap back on and place the canister **lid side down** on the ground.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Move back 10 steps and start your countdown.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Observe, listen and smell what happens next.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Explanation:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Can you explain what happened?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What caused the changes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What did you: SEE, HEAR, SMELL & FEEL?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What type of change was taking place?

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Teacher Challenge: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Can you turn your canisters into a Space Rocket like this:

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=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">COLOUR SYMPHONY __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Experiment: To investigate change taking place

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Equipment:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Mixing plate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Full cream milk (blue top)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Red food colour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Blue food colour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Yellow food colour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Washing up liquid
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Cotton bud

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Method:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">add milk to the plate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Leave to settle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Pour a drop of each food colour in the centre BUT don't mix.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Soak the cotton bud with washing up liquid.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Press the cotton bud between the 3 drops of food colour.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Observe what happens.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What differences did you notice.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explanation:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Can you explain what happened?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What caused the changes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What type of change was taking place?

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=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">SHERBET FIZZ __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Experiment: To use household ingredients to make sherbet fizz.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Equipment:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Mixing plate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Plastic spoon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Icing sugar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Tartaric acid
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Citric acid
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Baking soda
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Raro - flavouring

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Method: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">NOTE: KEEP REMAINDER OF SHERBET FIZZ FOR LATER EXPERIMENTS
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Add 1 spoonful of the ingredients (except Raro) to the mixing plate.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Mix well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Share 1/2 spoonful on each hand for a tasting test.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Taste
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Report back to the group what happened.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now add Raro flavouring to the mixture, mix well and repeat taste test.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What differences did you notice?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explanation: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Can you explain what happened?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What caused the changes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What type of change was taking place?



=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">MAKE A LAVA LAMP. __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Experiment: To make a lava lamp. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Equipment:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Clear plastic bottle or similar container
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Vegetable oil
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Food colouring
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Alia-Seltzer (or other tablets that fizz)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Method:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Pour water into the plastic bottle until it is around one quarter full (you might want to use a funnel when filling the bottle so you don't spill anything).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Pour in vegetable oil until the bottle is nearly full.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wait until the oil and water have separated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Add around a dozen drops of food coloring to the bottle (choose any color you like).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Watch as the food coloring falls through the oil and mixes with the water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Cut an Alka-Seltzer tablet into smaller pieces (around 5 or 6) and drop one of them into the bottle, things should start getting a little crazy, just like a real lava lamp.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">When the bubbling stops, add another piece of Alka-Seltzer and enjoy the show.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">View the experiment here: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Our Videos:

=__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">ADDING DIFFERENT LIQUIDS TO THE SHERBET FIZZ. __= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Experiment: To investigate what happens when you mix different liquids to sherbet fizz. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Equipment:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Sherbet Fizz
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Vinegar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Orange juice
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Lemon juice
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Milk
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Water

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Method:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Put 1 teaspoon of sherbet fizz into a plastic cup.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Add 25 millilitres of vinegar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Observe, listen, smell and record what happens.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now repeat the experiment using 25 millilitres of different liquids.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Observe and record what happens for each liquid.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Questions:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Did the liquids react in the same way?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What differences did you see?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Explanation:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Why did different liquids cause different reactions with the sherbet fizz?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What type of changes were taking place?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Many thanks to Science Bob for exciting experiments and videos! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Visit the site and try out some of the Fizzing & Foaming experiments.



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