Inflating Fizz
As I’ve mentioned before, my little man is really into science. I mean really. So needless to say when I ordered him the “Simple Science Projects” book from The Scholastic Book Club, he was just as excited as can be. Well, on Friday night we decided to pick a simple project to do from the book. It was pretty cool, so much so that he ended up wanting to repeat it three times. It’s really simple and something you can do with your young science lovers.
Inflating Fizz
Supplies: 1 small plastic soda bottle, a funnel, baking soda, vinegar, and a balloon.
Pour a little bit of vinegar into the bottle. Using the funnel, pour a spoonful of baking soda into the balloon. Carefully stretch the neck of the balloon over the neck of the bottle. Now the fun part; lift up the balloon so that the baking soda falls into the vinegar inside the bottle. The vinegar reacts with the baking soda to produce carbon dioxide gas, which begins to inflate the balloon.
When we were done, (for the 3rd time) we discussed what had happened, and I had him explain to me about chemical reactions and the way different forms of matter react with each other. If you decide to do this project with your kids, you could discuss with them the way the solid (baking soda) and the liquid (vinegar) chemically reacted with each other to make a gas (carbon dioxide).
Make learning fun. If you have any fun projects or ideas you think my 8 year old would like, please don’t hesitate to email me (you can find the email icon at the top left of this page) and let me know. Or you can comment here. If we do your project, I’ll blog about it and give you a big fat thank you. 
