Materials Needed: Water bottle, vegetable oil, food coloring, funnel, and alka seltzer tablets.
I used 12 oz water bottles and bought 1 gallon of vegetable oil. (This was enough vegetable oil
to do 15 bottles. )
Instructions:
1) Drink or pour out 2/3 of the water. Leaving 1/3 still in the bottle.
2) Using the funnel, fill the bottle back to the top with vegetable oil.
(I didn't fill all the way to the top)
(I didn't fill all the way to the top)
3) Put 8-12 drops of your choice of food coloring. Don't shake. Let the drops drop on their own.
(It's cool to watch.)
(It's cool to watch.)
4) After the food coloring has colored the water, place 1/6 of a tablet into the bottle.
5) Watch the bubbles!
6) When the bubbles stop you can add another piece of tablet and it will bubble again.
Here are some pictures of the finished product!
Green turned out great!
Blue
Red, but it kinda looks like orange
Yellow: It works, but not as pretty as the darker colors!
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ReplyDelete:0) Melissa
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Just wondering what the science part of the experiment is? Is there a learning objective?
ReplyDeleteYes- it's a good way to introduce density although it's not part of 4th grades NGSS, it's still a cool STEM activity-
ReplyDeleteThe oil floats on top of the water because it is less dense or lighter than water. The food coloring has the same density as the water so it sink through the oil and mixes with the water. When you add the tablet it sinks to the bottom then starts to dissolve. As it dissolves it makes gas, carbon dioxide. Gas or air, is lighter than water so it floats to the top. The air bubbles bring some colored water with them to the top. When the air comes out of the colored water blob, the water gets heavy again and sinks. It does this over and over again until the tablet is completely dissolved.
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