Diet Coke and Mentos Lab (Chemical Changes) (English, Spanish, SPED)

Want to mix chemicals and make explosions with your class as school and science education were intended? This lab sheet will make planning super simple! Not only will you have a lab that is fun, but a lab sheet to help students follow along and really learn from your experiment. In addition, you will be equipped with the lab translated into Spanish as well as available in 2 different differentiated forms!

This is a common lab that teachers do all over the United States to get kids interested in science, however, most classrooms at the middle grade level just look at this as "fun science" or "magic" and don't look at what is really happening.

This is a great experiment to teach or the following concepts:

-Chemical and Physical Changes (Main focus)

-Chemical Energy

-Reactants, Yield, Products

-Atoms and Molecules