After last week's fun activity involving baking soda, I thought I'd throw another one out there for you and your kids to try out! This activity takes basically no prep time at all and uses ingredients you already have at home: water, rice, vinegar, baking soda and food coloring.
Sprinkle some rice into the water. (I've found that minute/instant rice works well since it's not as dense.)
You can also add a drop or two of food coloring into the glass for another aspect of visual fun.
Notes:
- The larger the container is that you use, the more baking soda and vinegar you'll have to use to get the reaction going. So if you find that nothing is happening, try adding a little more of each.
- Try using different items and see if you can get them to "dance", such as small pieces of spaghetti or raisins.
- For older kids, it would be fun to turn it into a real "experiment" by teaching them about why the rice "dances", having them make notes about how much baking soda/vinegar it takes to get different items to dance, trying different kinds of rice to see if they "dance" differently, etc.
- Let your kids do as much of the activity as possible. They will love being the ones to create the reaction!
Post by Shani Ogden
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