🧪 Science with Sarah: ‘Snow’ in a jar! ❄️

👉 Watch the video of Sarah’s school science experiment here!

Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for fun way to explore meteorology, this experiment is for you!

Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A 16 oz mason jar
• Water
• White paint
• Iridescent glitter
• Baby oil
• Alka-Seltzer tablet

DO THE EXPERIMENT

• STEP 1: Add a little bit of water to the bottom of the jar and stir in a bit of white paint
• STEP 2: Add glitter to the paint/water mixture and stir
• STEP 3: Add the baby oil to the jar until the jar is about 3/4 full.
• STEP 5: Pop an Alka-seltzer tablet into the jar and watch as the “snow” bubbles up and down through the jar

SCIENCE WITH SARAH

If you’d like Sarah and David to come to your school and conduct a science experiment live on KSAT, email sciencewithsarah@ksat.com.

Parents and guardians: upload a video of your child performing the activity by clicking here. Send it in and you might see it on GMSA @ 9 a.m.!