Diet Coke And Mentos Geyser Experiment | Physical Changes STEM | Outdoor Science

Uncover the secrets of Diet Coke/Mentos geysers with a complete hands-on unit. This is a great exploration for the end of the year and summer camp fun. Detailed directions help guide the teachers and students to a memorable scientific experience. Students will have a blast discovering physical changes and the properties of matter.

Included in the Hands-On Exploration:

• Teacher Background Information
• Detailed Directions
• Example Pictures
• NGSS Grade 4/5 Matter and Its Interactions
• NGSS Middle-Level Structures and Properties of Matter and Chemical Reactions
• 8 Page Student Booklet with an exploration, investigation, and discovery activity
• "What's Happening Inside A Soda Bottle?" Reading Passage
• Answer Key
• Video showing how to drop Mentos in.
• A video highlighting the activities

Students will

• explore the science behind the fizz as a physical reaction.
• investigate the properties of gases in soda pop and the attraction to nucleation points.
• compare and contrast the properties of different materials to see which may attract gas.
• test items using their data to see if they create a geyser.
• love being able to erupt soda at school. Many think it is a chemical reaction, but it is actually a physical reaction.

Teachers will appreciate the step-by-step instructions and student booklet. We developed the activities to take students step by step through the science behind the eruption. This will be an activity everyone will remember.

Supplies Needed:

Diet Coke or generic (12oz, 16oz, and 2-liter), plastic cups, vegetable oil, paper towels, different candies and objects to test, Mint Mentos, note cards, baby soda bottle test tubes or rolled paper, safety goggles

Great for the classroom, classroom STEM Fair projects, science clubs, scout groups, home school, and anyone wanting to learn about soda pop.

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Kimberly Scott

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