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Top 16 Baking Soda Science Experiments

Are you looking for a fun and educational activity to do with your kids or students? Look no further than baking soda experiments!

Baking soda is a versatile substance that can be used for a variety of scientific experiments. Its ability to react, dissolve, and transform provides a rich ground for understanding fundamental chemical concepts.

From witnessing a homemade volcano erupt to observing the intriguing process of crystallization, baking soda makes science both accessible and exciting.

These hands-on experiments are perfect for both kids and adults and will provide hours of entertainment and learning. So, grab your baking soda, and let’s get started.

Baking Soda Science Experiments with Vinegar

Baking soda and vinegar are two common household items that can be combined in a variety of experiments to create exciting reactions.

1. Baking Soda Volcano

The baking soda volcano experiment is a popular scientific experiment that has long been the pick of kids as well as adults.

This experiment resembles a volcanic eruption while explaining the chemical reaction that takes place when vinegar and baking soda are mixed.

2. Baking Soda and Vinegar-Balloon Experiment

This experiment is perfect for kids of all ages, from preschoolers to middle schoolers, and can be easily modified to suit different age groups and learning levels.

So, if you’re looking for a fun and educational activity that will spark your child’s curiosity in science, give the baking soda and vinegar balloon experiment a try!

3. Lava Lamp

The Lava Lamp Experiment is a fun and engaging activity that allows students to learn about the science of density and buoyancy while also creating a groovy decoration for their room.

This activity encourages creativity, critical thinking, and scientific exploration in a fun and accessible way.

 4. Baking Soda and Vinegar Car

An exclusive experiment that blends science, engineering, and imagination is the Baking Soda and Vinegar Steam Car Experiment.

Students can create their own small steam car using common household items that is powered by the chemical reaction between vinegar and baking soda.

5. Bright as a New Penny

Through this experiment, students will learn about the chemical reactions that occur between the copper in the penny and the substances in the solution, and how these reactions can cause the penny to change color.

6. The Exploding Lunch Bag 

Through this experiment, students will learn about the principles of gas production, pressure, and chemical reactions, while also having fun and engaging in hands-on learning.

7. Hidden Colors 

In this experiment, students will create a solution using baking soda, water, and food coloring, then use vinegar to reveal the hidden colors in the solution.

Learn more: Hidden Colors

8. Rainbow Eruption

Through this experiment, students will learn about the principles of chemical reactions, gas production, and acid-base interactions.

Rainbow Eruption is a simple and exciting experiment that can be enjoyed by students of all ages and can help them develop a love for science and learning.

Learn more: Rainbow Eruption

9. Baking Soda and Vinegar Fireworks

While Baking Soda and Vinegar Fireworks may not create an actual fireworks display, it is still a fascinating and exciting experiment that can help students understand the science behind chemical reactions.

10. Baking Soda & Vinegar Rocket

In this experiment, students will create a simple rocket using a plastic bottle, baking soda, vinegar, and some optional materials such as fins or decorations.

11. Make Fizzy Surprise Dinosaur Eggs

In this experiment, students will create “dinosaur eggs” using baking soda, food coloring, and water, and then hide a small toy or object inside.

They will then cover the eggs with vinegar, causing a chemical reaction that produces carbon dioxide gas and causes the eggs to fizz and dissolve, revealing the hidden object inside.

12. Fizzy Painting

This activity can be easily adapted to challenge students of different ages and skill levels, from experimenting with different colors and textures to exploring the effects of adding different amounts of baking soda or vinegar.

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13. colorful lemon experiment.

By mixing lemon juice and baking soda together, students can observe a bubbling reaction that produces carbon colorful-lemony solution.

14. Honeycomb Chemistry Candy

In this experiment, students will create their honeycomb candy using sugar, honey, and baking soda.

Learn More: Honeycomb Chemistry Candy Recipe

15. Crystal Growing Experiment

The crystal growing experiment using baking soda is an engaging and educational activity that allows students to learn about the science of crystal formation.

16. Super Glue and Baking Soda

Important scientific concepts, such chemical reactions and the characteristics of various materials, can be taught through the use of these experiments.

The baking soda and super glue experiments can be interesting and educational and might even be useful in real life.

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10 AMAZING Baking Soda Experiments

July 18, 2020 By Emma Vanstone 6 Comments

Baking soda experiments or activities are a great, safe and easy way to introduce the concept of a chemical reaction to children. Baking soda is alkaline and reacts with acids such as vinegar, releasing carbon dioxide ( a gas ) and water. The fizz produced is brilliant fun for children to watch, especially if you combine it with washing up liquid ( dish soap ) to make even more bubbles or add a bit of food colouring, ice or a theme.

Note: This is an old post that I have updated, so there are now more than ten ideas!

Baking Soda Reactions

Make honeycomb.

Did you know honeycomb has lots of holes due to the addition of baking soda? Making honeycomb is a delicious way to see the bubbles made when baking soda reacts.

Baking Soda Rocket

This rocket is my favourite baking soda experiment, but it does shoot up with a bang, so take extra special care and stand well back! You’ll need to wrap the baking soda in a small piece of kitchen towel to slow the reaction down for long enough to push the cork securely into place.

Baking Soda Powered Boat

We loved making our baking soda boat , although it was tricky to get the mechanism to work correctly. It’s worth persevering with, though. It’s fun to try making several different size boats and investigate how they move when you add different amounts of baking soda and vinegar.

Monster Tea Party and witchy potions

Our monster tea party was filled with fun fizzy potions and an excellent opportunity to try baking soda as well as bicarbonate of soda. Which do you think worked the best?

If monsters aren’t your thing, how about making witchy or fairy potions?

Baking Soda Volcano

A baking soda volcano is a staple science activity for kids. Try asking children to investigate using different amounts of vinegar but keeping the amount of washing-up liquid and baking soda the same. Can they create the perfect recipe for an eruption?

Volcanos can be made using snow, sand, papier mache, LEGO or anything else you can make a basic volcano shape with.

Baking Soda Popper

My children loved these baking soda poppers . Please be careful and stand back, as these can shoot up with a little warning and a lot of force.

We experimented to discover the best baking soda and vinegar combination for a launch.

What reacts with baking soda?

This fun investigation is great for children to start thinking scientifically. We tested lots of different liquids to discover what reacts with baking soda and what doesn’t.

Remember to keep the amount of baking soda and the test substance the same.

Fizzing rocks with baking soda

Make baking soda rocks and watch them fizz! Can you hide something inside them?

Blow up a balloon with baking soda

Did you know you can blow up a balloon with baking soda and vinegar or another acid?

Baking Soda Ice Cubes

Make some colourful baking soda ice cubes and watch them fizz as you add vinegar.

Frozen Vinegar

Inspiration Laboratories froze the vinegar instead of the baking soda, which also worked brilliantly.

Dancing Raisins

Watch raisins dance around a glass due to bubbles of carbon dioxide.

Fizzy Paint

We did this many years ago but loved our fizzy paint afternoon .

Exploding Sandwich Bag

Exploding sandwich bags are always fun too! Simply pop a bit of vinegar and baking soda in a sealable plastic bag, fasten it quickly and stand back to watch!

Colour Changing Baking Soda Potions

These colour-changing potions made with red cabbage indicator are fantastic fun and easy to make too!

These change colour as the acid and then alkali is added.

Christmas Elf Lab

We very much enjoyed our magical fizzy elf lab for Christmas time too!

Do you have any more baking soda experiments to tell us about?

What is a baking soda and vinegar reaction?

If you combine an acid and an alkali, they react together to neutralise each other. Vinegar is an acid, and bicarbonate of soda is an alkali.

The reaction releases carbon dioxide gas, which is the bubbles you see. If you add washing-up liquid ( dish soap ) to your eruption, mix the bubbles making the washing-up liquid bubble up, giving you an extra bubbly mix.

Don’t forget we’ve got 100s more easy science experiments for you to try at home or school!

Last Updated on April 9, 2024 by Emma Vanstone

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Reader Interactions

May 03, 2014 at 5:05 pm

We love the baking soda experiments – and there are several here we haven’t tried! These will keep us busy for awhile!

May 05, 2014 at 7:02 am

Loving the baking soda ideas – we’ve tried a volcano before. Will have to try some more.

May 06, 2014 at 12:49 pm

Thanks Erica 🙂

September 08, 2016 at 8:17 pm

this was so helpful in help of finding fun and new experiments thank you to the creators of this.

June 10, 2017 at 5:30 pm

We have done every single one of these experiments before we even looked at this website and they were really cool.

March 05, 2018 at 9:24 pm

i found a science project but it calls for 80% vinegar. where can i find it

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11 Fizzy Fun Baking Soda Experiments

Ignite your child’s curiosity. Let them touch, smell, hear, and taste with simple and safe science adventures.

Did you know you can teach your kids simple science with household ingredients? With baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice, and food coloring, you can introduce your kids to fizzing fun as they learn about chemical reactions. 

Not only will they learn about how baking soda and vinegar react with each other, but you can introduce new concepts and vocabulary. Aside from the educational benefits, baking soda experiments are messy and fun.

What Makes Baking Soda Fizz?

Most baking soda experiments use vinegar or lemon juice. This is because the sodium bicarbonate in baking soda reacts with the mild acetic acid in vinegar and the citric acid in lemon juice. 

The fizz is actually created by two reactions. The first is an acid-based reaction where the hydrogen ions in the vinegar react with sodium and the bicarbonate ions in the baking soda. This forms carbonic acid and sodium acetate. 

The second part of the fizzing action is decomposing carbonic acid into water and carbon dioxide gas. Like the bubbles in fizzy carbonated drinks, the carbon dioxide bubbles cause fizzing in the baking soda and vinegar experiment. 

Science Experiments with Baking Soda

Baking soda and water don’t produce the same effects as baking soda and vinegar or lemon juice. Luckily, both ingredients can be found in your pantry and are easy to get from the store. 

To add an extra element of fun to your baking soda experiments, use food coloring, toys, scoops, and pipettes.

1. Glitter Explosion

A glitter explosion is a fun take on a classic baking soda science experiment. 

Add two tablespoons of baking soda to a glass jar with a generous amount of glitter and a squirt of dish soap. Mix everything together until well combined. 

Now for the fun part. Your child can use a pipette, spoon, or a small jug to slowly add vinegar to the mixture in the jar. 

The vinegar and baking soda will react, causing a bubbly, fizzy, glittery eruption from the top of the jar. This is similar to the classic volcano science experiment.

• Glass jar 
• Pipette 
• Baking soda 
• Vinegar 
• Glitter 
• Dish soap 

Add-On Activity

Use this glitter explosion activity in small-world play. Create a mixture in jars that you can dot around a sensory bin. Add food coloring to each jar with fun glitter elements. You can use these glitter jars for different themed sensory bins .

2. Frozen Baking Soda Dough

For this baking soda experiment, mix a little water with baking soda until it forms a dough. Add the water slowly until you get the right consistency. 

Once you are happy with your dough, add the color and glitter of your choice and press it into one of the containers. Leave the containers in the freezer overnight. 

The frozen dough will have an interesting texture as it begins to thaw, which your kids will enjoy.

• Water 
• Food coloring 
• Different sizes and shapes of containers 

Let them play and explore for a few minutes before giving them pipettes/syringes and a bowl of vinegar. Let them add vinegar to the frozen dough and watch as it bubbles and fizzes. 

3. Electric Eels

Snacking on gummy worms while watching them jump around a glass will amuse your kids.

Cut each gummy worm into 4 pieces and then soak them in a glass of water and baking soda for 10 to 15 minutes. Pour vinegar into another glass and add the worms one at a time. 

The worms should move and wiggle around the glass.

• 4-6 gummy worms
• 3 tablespoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1 cup water

Include this activity in a bug sensory bin or put it in a tub with water beads and pond critters.

4. Fizzy Sand

This simple mix of ingredients will keep your kids busy for hours. 

Mix Kool-aid and baking soda and place them in a tray. It is ideal for fine motor skills development as your children use spoons and scoops to play with the sand mix. 

The fact that they can add vinegar with pipettes will only add to the magic of this fizzy sand. 

• Kool-Aid 

Use the “sand” mix as the base for a dinosaur or underwater sensory bin. Let your kids play with the sand first and when they start to lose interest, give them vinegar.

5. Stalagmites and Stalactites

This baking soda experiment takes time and patience but is pretty magical. 

Add warm water to two glass jars and add baking soda until no more will dissolve. Tie wool onto safety pins and place each one in a jar. The wool will soak up the solution, and as the water dissolves, the baking soda creates stalactites.

• Baking Soda
• Safety Pins
• 2 Glass jars

Pair this prehistoric activity with a baking soda dino egg. Simply make baking soda dough and pack it around a dinosaur before freezing it. Then your kids can dissolve the egg in vinegar to reveal the dinosaur.

6. Invisible Ink

This is a fun chemical reaction that will amaze your kids. 

Add 5 tablespoons of baking soda to a glass of water and mix. Next, dip your Q-tip into the solution and write your message or create a picture. Once it has dried, use a paintbrush and the grape concentrate to reveal your message.

• Grape juice concentrate 
• Q-tips 
• Paintbrush 

If you are teaching your child the alphabet , write the letters on index cards and let your child reveal and identify each one.

This chemical reaction looks like magic, and your kids will be amazed as they feel the “ice” that is actually hot. 

By boiling baking soda and vinegar, you create a concentrated substance that allows you to build an ice tower like magic. 

• 4 cups of white vinegar 
• 4 tablespoons of baking soda 
• A heatproof glass measuring cup

Scrape some of the residue from the pot onto a wooden skewer and place it in a glass jar filled with the solution and watch as it grows and solidifies.

8. Melting Apples

Combine the baking soda, water, food coloring, and water to form a dough. Mold the dough into balls and use the pipe cleaner to create stems. 

Once you have made your “apples,” let your kids spray them with vinegar and watch as they dissolve.

• 1 cup baking soda
• 1 Tablespoon water
• 1 Tablespoon food coloring 
• 3 squirts of liquid soap
• Pipe cleaners

This is a cool activity to use with apple stamping and making apple pies when learning about the letter ”A”.

9. Baking Soda Exploration

This baking soda and vinegar experiment is a great open-ended exploration that allows your kids to get curious about the fizzy reaction. 

Using pipettes also helps them develop fine motor and pre-writing skills. Cover a tray in baking soda and make colored vinegar jars for them to experiment with.

• White vinegar
• Baking soda
• Pipettes (optional)
• Liquid watercolors or food coloring

Only give your children the primary colors and allow them to explore color mixing with this fun, fizzy medium.

10. Baking Soda Bubbles

This baking soda and vinegar experiment is a simple way for your kids to see the effects of carbon dioxide gas released from the chemical reaction. 

Using the funnel, add the baking soda to the bottle. Next, mix the water and dishwashing liquid together and soak the washcloth. Then, wring out the excess liquid and place the cloth over the top of the plastic bottle. 

Lift the cloth and pour vinegar inside before replacing it over the bottle. The carbon dioxide gas will cause bubbles to form on the cloth.

• Plastic bottle 
• 1 Tablespoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons dishwashing liquid
• 1 Cup water
• 1/4 Cup vinegar

Add watercolor paint to the water and soap mix to create colored bubbles. Use a piece of paper to make prints from the bubbles as they form by pressing the paper to the bubbles.

11. Magic Colors

You can create a color surprise for your kids by layering your baking soda. 

Mix some food coloring and baking soda in a muffin tray. Cover the colored baking soda with a layer of white baking soda. 

That way, when your kids add the vinegar, the colors revealed will be a surprise.

• Muffin tin 
• Turkey baster/spoon 
• Food coloring

Use this experiment as an indoor scavenger hunt . Once your kids have revealed a color, they have to try and find something in the house that matches.

Using Household Ingredients for Fizzy Science Fun 

Baking soda and vinegar are great ingredients to use when you are looking for spontaneous activity. 

Not only will fun experiments keep your kids engaged, but they will also be learning. These easy activities are worth a try if you are looking for no-fuss fun options for your children.

10+ Fun and Easy Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiments

They explode, they erupt, they are messy and boy are they fun! What could cause so much excitement? That’s right, baking soda and vinegar experiments. Go beyond the old baking soda and vinegar volcanoes and discover a world of new experiments to thrill your kids!

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We love science experiments around here, but, often for my own sanity, we keep things easy, by just playing with variations of our favourite physics or chemistry reactions. One of our all time favourites is the simple baking soda and vinegar experiments.

Immediately, I am sure you are thinking of the old fashion Baking Soda and Vinegar Volcanoes we all built as children. We love that experiment too, but you can do lots of other things with this awesome reaction that don’t involve a whole lot of paper mache construction.

A quick note for those not in North American. Baking Soda is also known as Sodium Bicarbonate in many parts of the world.

The Science

These activities explore the popular baking soda and vinegar reaction, which is a simple acid-base chemical reaction. Vinegar or Acetic Acid has the chemical formula CH 3 COOH. Baking Soda, is a base also known as Sodium Bicarbonate or Sodium Bicarb, has the chemical formula ‎NaHCO 3 . During this reaction the products are sodium acetate (CH 3 COONa). Sodium acetate is made of 1 sodium ion, 2 carbon atoms, 3 hydrogen atoms, and 2 oxygen atoms. The other products are water (H 2 O) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Carbon dioxide is the gas that causes the bubbling during the reaction.

Here is the chemical formula of this reaction

CH 3 COOH (l) + NaHCO 3 (s) → CH 3 COONa (aq) + H 2 O (l) + CO 2 (g) acetic acid (vinegar) + sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) -> sodium acetate + water + carbon dioxide

Is the reaction endothermic or exothermic?

It takes energy to break the chemical bonds in baking soda and vinegar. When this happens energy is released when the carbon dioxide, sodium acetate, and water are formed. Since more energy was needed to break the baking soda and vinegar apart, the temperature goes down . This is called an endothermic reaction. That means Baking Soda and Vinegar reactions are endothermic.

Now we know the science, let’s dig into some fun experiments!

Here are our top 10 favourite baking soda and vinegar experiments that the kids love doing over and over and over again! The best part, most of these are super easy science experiments. Great for those afternoons when you need a quick, fun project that will appeal to any age.

Measuring Chemical Reactions – Fireworks Experiment

Baking soda and vinegar is the perfect reaction to start learning some basic chemistry principles including how to measure a chemical reaction. In this experiment we have a fun Fireworks inspired reaction (great for July 4th), followed by a deep dive into chemistry as kids learn how to measure a chemical reaction with simple kitchen supplies.

Bottle Rockets

Building Bottle Rockets is such a fun activity for all ages, but especially as a year end celebration or summer camp activity. With this activity we are exploring the pressure and physics caused by a contained baking soda and vinegar reaction. And the results are spectacular!!

Greenhouse Effect Experiment

This powerful experiment demonstrates the heat capturing properties of greenhouse gases. An excellent project to do for Earth Day or as part of a unit study on environmental sciences and climate change. Create the Greenhouse Effect in a jar .

Hatching Dino Eggs

One of our most popular activities with everyone from the very young to the young at heart are these little Dino Eggs. Everyone dreams of hatching their very own dinosaur baby and in this fun activity you make it happen with a fizzy, fun and gorgeous chemical reaction.

Erupting Rainbow Rocks

Erupting rainbow rocks are a gorgeous, colourful science experiment that is so easy to do. Be prepared for lots of squeals of excitement and gasps of wonder as the rainbow of colours magically appear in the fizz!

Erupting Black Hole Science

We love studying space around here, and this is a fantastic activity for your star gazers and aspiring space travelers. Inspired by the first photographs of a black hole, we created this fun and interactive Space STEM Activity – Erupting Black Holes !

Magic Color Changing Oobleck

Imagine changing the colour of something, simply with chemistry. This Colour Changing Oobleck activity was not originally meant to be a baking soda and vinegar reaction, in fact we were simply setting out to test pH. Then we saw those fizzy little reactions as our Oobleck changed colour. Accidental discoveries in science are so much fun!

Baking Soda vs Baking Powder

Got a budding scientist on your hands that wants to run their very own science lab? This is a fantastic activity for kids to put their investigation skills to the test. Make sure you use test tubes and beakers for the best lab experience. Don’t forget the lab coat. Your young scientists will love this investigative activity exploring the differences between baking soda and baking powder .

Balloon Science

Like our bottle rockets, in this activity we are capturing the CO2 gases that result from a baking soda and vinegar reaction. Using our STEM skills we tested different ratios to see how it affects the inflating of our balloons. We have done this experiment for Groundhog Day and Halloween . It is great fun and can be easily adapted for any theme and is super easy to do.

Volcano Slime

After years of failure we finally found success making slime with contact lens solution and baking soda. Well it didn’t take long for the kids to start asking… what would happen if we added vinegar? And our Erupting Volcano Slime was born!

Puking Pumpkin Volcano

Take your fall Halloween celebrations to a new level of “EEEWWWW” with Puking Pumpkin Volcanoes ! This simple activity always delights the kids.

Apple Volcano Experiment

This Apple Volcano is perfect for Back to School and Fall Science. Kids love Apple Science Experiments, and this colorful one is always popular.

Christmas Tree Chemistry

This is a great Christmas STEAM activity , but if you need something for a different time of year, simply switch out your Silicone Molds to change the theme of this activity for any holiday or event. We’ve done it for Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, Dinosaur themed and more. Kids get to decorate their Christmas Tree then make it erupt in a colourful chemical reaction.

Invisible Ink

Another fun use of acids and bases is to make invisible ink . This is such a fun experiment with big wow moments for kids!

Art from Science Galaxy Project

Combine these incredible chemical reactions with a fun art project in this easy activity that is perfect for STEAM club or to celebrate the night skies. We had so much fun making these Galaxy art prints .

Have a great time exploring the amazing reaction between baking soda and vinegar! Your kids are going to have a blast!

Ready to dig into more Chemistry learning in a fun, interactive way? Try our Periodic Table of Elements BINGO game!

Have fun learning and exploring with chemistry!

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35 Exploding Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiments for Kids of All Ages

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Try one of these 35 science experiments that you can do with two simple ingredients you probably already have at home – baking soda and vinegar.

Simple science experiments are great for all ages.

They don’t always go as planned.

But that’s part of experimenting and learning.

Adjust accordingly and try again.

I am more likely to do science experiments that use basic household supplies.

After all, who wants to wait to go shopping before doing a science experiment?

Don’t let the excitement of doing an experiment fizzle away.

Mixing baking soda and vinegar is a blast, so you are sure to enjoy these 35 science experiments for kids.

Before even starting, figure out the best baking soda to vinegar ratio.

We did it and discovered that using 12 parts vinegar to 1 part baking soda resulted in the biggest fizziest explosions.

See the details here: Mega Baking Soda to Vinegar Ratio Experiment

Erupting Volcanoes with Baking Soda and Vinegar

Go with the flow with these erupting baking soda and vinegar volcano experiments.

I hope you lava them as much as I do!

Keep the mess to a minimum by going outside or keeping the volcanoes contained in a baking dish.

• Create an erupting apple volcano as seen on Little Bins for Little Hands. Then check out these 40 easy apple activities for kids to experiment, create, and learn for more apple themed learning.
• Scoop out the insides of a watermelon for a watermelon volcano shown on Natural Beach Living. And then enjoy a yummy snack when done.
• Fill a tray with plastic egg volcanoes found on Little Bins for Little Hands.
• Repurpose a salt shaker for a salt shaker volcano as seen on Science Kiddo. Wrap the baking soda in tissue paper, toss it in the vinegar, and quickly put the lid on to create a geyser of baking soda and vinegar.
• Practice colors with a color changing volcano shown on Preschool Inspirations. A video is available to watch this active volcano.
• Use small containers for a rainbow volcano found on Messy Little Monster. Pair this activity with a frozen rainbow science experiment for kids .
• Be wowed with a colorful volcano as seen on Hello Wonderful. Making a sensory bin with this erupting volcano is a hands-on creative idea.
• Build a homemade volcano shown on Fun With Mama. A plastic or glass bottle and some sand work great.
• Construct a ketchup volcano found on Kindergarten Worksheets and Games. Ketchup has vinegar in it, so technically, this is another vinegar and baking soda experiment. Plus it’s red like lava!

Dancing with Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiments

You put a little boogie in a tissue to make it dance.

But how do you make apple seeds , popcorn seeds, raisins, rice, gummy worms, and candy dance?

Try these baking soda and vinegar experiments! What else can you make dance?

• Use the apple seeds from the erupting apple volcano experiment for dancing apple seeds as seen on J Daniel 4’s Mom.
• Become a magician with dancing popcorn seeds found on Little Bins for Little Hands. Abracadabra!
• Experiment with dancing raisins shown on Science Sparks. Do raisins sink or float?
• Add color to a dancing rice experiment as seen on Green Kid Crafts. Do all kinds of rice dance?
• Cut gummy worms in quarters and soak them in baking soda for this dancing worms experiment as seen on Playdough to Plato. Does it matter how long you soak the worms in baking soda?
• Start a conversation with these dancing candy hearts found on Kindergarten Worksheets and Games. What other candy can you make dance?

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Creating Art with Baking Soda and Vinegar

Don’t draw the line with baking soda and vinegar experiments just yet. Create some fizzy, popping art work!

• Mix together some baking soda paint as seen on Housing a Forest. Spread this thick, goopy paint on to cardboard or thick paper with a spatula.
• Create some fizzy art found on Typically Simple. No pipette, no problem! Try using a medicine syringe or a turkey baster.
• Explore space with fizzy galaxy art shown on The Pinterested Parent. It’s a beautiful out-of-this world creation.
• Play with a fizzy painting as seen on Rainy Day Mum. Messy but fun!
• Make rainbow art found on The Best Ideas for Kids. The colors might all mix together in the process, but that’s okay!
• Build a textured fizzling volcano as seen on The Craft at Home Family. A free template is available.

Experimenting More with Baking Soda and Vinegar

Who knew you could do so many experiments with baking soda and vinegar? Here are even more simple baking soda and vinegar experiments to try at home with kids.

• Assemble a fizzy sensory bin found on Wild Flower Ramblings. Add shells, little rocks, and toy underwater creatures for an ocean theme.
• Experiment with color reaction using baking soda and vinegar! What color does blue and yellow make? Green!
• Learn what ratio of vinegar and baking soda creates the best chemical reaction with a ratio experiment . Chart your results.
• Become a mad scientist in a fizzy potion lab found on Little Passports. Any cup should work.
• Blow up a balloon without using your mouth. Will the filled balloons fall to the ground or rise in the air once they are tied shut?
• Uncover a magic treasure rock shown on Growing a Jeweled Rose. What treasure will you find?
• Compare frozen vinegar with frozen baking soda as seen on Play of the Wild. This is a great hands-on chemistry experiment.
• Build a chemical reaction car found on Left Brain Craft Brain. Does the amount of baking soda and vinegar affect the speed?
• Blast off with a launching rocket as seen on Babble Dabble Do. Does the weight of the rocket affect the distance it travels?
• Play in water with a STEAM boat shown on Tiny Beans. Anchors away!
• Decorate a STEAM sailboat found on 123 Homeschool 4 Me. Does the design of the boat matter?
• Investigate clean and green pennies as seen on Mom Brite. Make pennies sparkle and turn them green with this experiment.
• See a disappearing egg shell shown on Premeditated Leftovers. Simply put an egg in a jar of vinegar and wait a couple of days.
• Watch all of the bubbles form with this disappearing sea shells activity found on Little Bins for Little Hands. A shell in vinegar for a little bit is a clean shell. But left in vinegar for too long, it may disappear!

What is your favorite baking soda and vinegar activity?

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How To Make a Baking Soda Volcano With Free Observation Sheet

This experiment will have kids erupting with applause!

The classic baking soda volcano experiment has been entertaining kids (and adults) of all ages for decades. But it’s more than just a lot of fun. This experiment also teaches kids about simple chemical reactions and physical properties. The best part? It’s easy to do and uses only a few basic ingredients. Read on to see how to conduct the baking soda volcano experiment, and fill out the form on this page to grab your free recording sheet!

How does the baking soda volcano experiment work?

This experiment involves pouring vinegar mixed with dish soap into a small amount of baking soda. The baking soda acts as a base while the vinegar is an acid. When the base and the acid come together, they create an endothermic reaction that produces carbon dioxide. The dish soap helps to create the foaming effect as the “lava” pours out of the volcano.

What does the baking soda volcano teach?

The baking soda volcano experiment is a great way to demonstrate a chemical reaction between an acid and a carbonate. When the carbonate (found in the baking soda) is exposed to the acids (found in the vinegar), it creates a decomposition reaction that releases carbon dioxide as gas. While this experiment is an example of an acid-base reaction, it’s also a great simulation of a real volcanic eruption.

Is there a baking soda volcano video?

This video shows how to make a volcano erupt using ingredients you can probably find in your kitchen.

Materials needed

To do the baking soda volcano experiment, you will need:

• Baking soda
• Food coloring
• Mini Paper Cups
• Plastic Volcano Form

Our free recording sheet is also helpful—fill out the form on this page to grab it.

Baking soda volcano experiment steps:

1. to start, place a tiny paper cup into the hole at the top of the plastic volcano mold..

2. Once your volcano is set up, pour 1 to 2 teaspoons of baking soda into the paper cup.

3. Next, add about a half cup of vinegar into a plastic measuring cup.

4. Add a few squirts of dish soap to the vinegar solution.

5. Add some squirts of red and yellow food coloring to the vinegar mixture.

6. Use a plastic spoon to mix all the ingredients in the plastic measuring cup together.

7. Pour the vinegar solution into the small paper cup at the top of the volcano.

8. Finally, watch and enjoy the eruption!

Grab our free baking soda volcano experiment worksheet

Fill out the form on this page to get your free worksheet. The worksheet asks kids to guess the correct order of the steps in the experiment. Next, kids must make a prediction about what they think will happen. They can use the provided spaces to draw what happens before and after they add the ingredients. Did their predictions come true?

Additional reflection questions

• What role does the dish soap play in the reaction that occurs?
• How would it be different if you added baking soda to the vinegar instead of the other way around?
• What do you think would happen if you added a different liquid than vinegar?
• What do you think would happen if you added more baking soda?

Can the baking soda volcano experiment be done for a science fair?

Yes! If you want to do this experiment for a science fair, we recommend switching up some of the variables. For example: Does the amount of baking soda matter? Does the type of dish soap? Form a hypothesis about how changing the variables will impact the experiment. Good luck!

Looking for more experiment ideas? Check out our  big list of experiment ideas here.

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Rainbow baking soda science experiment for kids

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Rainbow Baking Soda Science Experiment

Supplies needed for your rainbow baking soda science experiment.

• 2-ounce paper cups (or any small containers you can find)
• Baking soda
• Food colouring

Directions to make yourrainbow baking soda science experiment

Step 1: gather your supplies.

STEP 2: Prepare paper cups

STEP 3: Add food colouring

STEP 4: Add vinegar

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