How do you do a soda and Mentos experiment?

How do you do a soda and Mentos experiment?

Step 1: Remove the lid from the Diet Coke and set it the bottle of soda on a flat surface.

1. Step 2: Roll the paper into a tube around a pack of Mentos mints, tape it into place and pull it off of the roll of mints.
2. Step 3: Hold your finger over one end of the paper tube and have your child fill it up with Mentos mints.

What is the science behind the Mentos and Coke experiment for kids?

Bubbles and soda will quickly shoot out of the bottle in a high fountain. The carbon dioxide molecules attach to the surfaces of the Mentos like they did in the cup of soda. All those Mentos in a lot of soda make a lot of bubbles that rise to the surface and push the soda out in a big woosh!

What sodas do Mentos react with?

A Diet Coke and Mentos eruption (also known as a soda geyser) is a reaction between the carbonated beverage Diet Coke and Mentos mints that causes the beverage to be expelled from its container.

What are the variables in the Coke and Mentos experiment?

The variable could be something like the number of mentos dropped into the bottle, the flavor of diet soda, the size of the bottle, or the temperature of the soda.

What grade level is Mentos and soda experiment?

In this classic Mentos and Soda Experiment you will mix a couple simple materials to produce a chemical reaction. This mentos in Coke project is a MUST TRY for kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too.

Can Mentos and Diet Coke be mixed together?

You’re going to set up three soda and Mentos test experiments: one with warm soda, one with room temperature soda and one with cold soda. Place one bottle of Diet Coke in the refrigerator and let it sit there overnight. Place the second bottle in a place where it will reach room temperature overnight.

How much soda does it take to explode Mentos?

If you want to examine the volume of the explosion (instead of the height), make note of the volume of a full bottle of soda (2 liters) before you drop the Mentos into it. Once the geyser stops, pour out the remaining contents of the bottle and measure how much liquid is left.

How do you use a Mentos test tube?

Stack the Mentos candies (approx. half a roll) in the test tube. Cover the opening of the test tube with an index card or similar slim, small paper. Invert the test tube, holding the cover in place. Place the soda bottle outside in and area that can get dirty.