Apples, apples everywhere! You can bake them, sauce them, and put them in pies of course…but you can also make them explode! Here's a fun science experiment you can do at home with your kids.
Supplies Needed:
- Cored Apples
- Baking Soda (amount doesn't matter)
- Vinegar (amount doesn't matter)
- Pie Dish
- Apple Pie Spice (optional)
- Food Dye (optional)
The Experiment:
- Place a cored apple in the pie dish.
- Pour baking soda into the hole in the apple.
- Add vinegar to the middle of the apple.
- Observe the reaction of the baking soda and vinegar when combined.
- Keep mixing the two ingredients as long as desired and the explosions can keep happening over and over again!
- Optional - add food dye to the vinegar for colored fizz.
- Optional - add apple pie spice to the baking soda to create apple pie scent.
By combining the baking soda and vinegar you are creating carbon dioxide gas, which is what is making the fizzy eruption. You can also do this experiment with a pumpkin.
