DID YOU KNOW AIR CAN BE SCIENCE MAGIC!?

Did you know air can be science magic!?

It can because AIR TAKES UP SPACE!

To try this at home, you will need:

an empty water bottle (any plastic bottle)

a balloon (with an opening big enough to fit over the top of the bottle)

1 teaspoonful of baking soda

1/4 cup vinegar

1 paper towel or napkin

scissors

STEPS TO SUCCESS!

1. Be sure the bottle is empty. Cut a strip of paper towell or napking about as big as a cellphone.

2. Put the teaspoonful of baking soda on the paper. Fold the paper over and over till the baking soda is tucked inside. Twist up the ends of the paper and trim them off leaving just a little.

3. Pour the vinegar into the bottle.

4. Drop in the paper packet of baking soda. QUICKLY spread the neck of the balloon over the top of the bottle sealing it.

5. Shake the bottle gently if you want to speed up the action.

WHAT IS HAPPENING!?

Air does take up space. And it's everywhere! So, the bottle was already full of air.

When the vinegar soaked through the paper and reached the baking soda, a chemical reaction happened. 

WHOA! 

Did it ever happen! It created carbon dioxide gas--the same waste gas you breath out with every breath. But the bottle was already full of air. So the new gas pushed the old gas--the air--out of its way and out of the bottle. 

The balloon caught and trapped that escaping air. AND you saw what happened next!

Hmmm...what if you had more baking soda and more vinegar? Would the balloon inflate even bigger? What if you used baking powder instead of baking soda?

Those are safe new things to test. NEVER test anything you don't know is safe to try. 

I'll be sharing more SCIENCE MAGIC FUN Soon!