Hello parents, teachers and students! Todayâs experiment explores the chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar. Weâre gonna make spaghetti dance!
Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.
Science with Sarah in partnership with the San Antonio Zoo (Copyright KSAT 2023 - All rights reserved)
HEREâS WHAT YOUâLL NEED
A clear pitcher
1 cup water
10 broken pieces of spaghetti
baking soda
A spoon
3 cups vinegar
DO THE EXPERIMENT
STEP 1: Put the water in the pitcher
STEP 2: Breaking the spaghetti into tiny pieces, place them in the pitcher
STEP 3: Mix enough baking soda into the water to make it very cloudy
STEP 4: One cup at a time, put the vinegar into the pitcher...this can get messy! Do it outside if you need to
STEP 5: Observe the gas pick up the spaghetti, making it âdanceâ!
SCIENCE WITH SARAH
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Sarah Spivey is a San Antonio native who grew up watching KSAT. She has been a proud member of the KSAT Weather Authority Team since 2017.
Sarah is a Clark High School and Texas A&M University graduate. She previously worked at KTEN News.
When Sarah is not busy forecasting, she enjoys hanging out with her husband and cat, and playing music.