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Baking Soda and Vinegar Art
STEAM Activity for Kids
Baking Soda and Vinegar activities are always a huge hit with kids!
This Baking Soda and Vinegar Art activity is a simple, colorful STEAM project your kids love.
This open ended STEAM project encourages kids to create beautiful art creations while experimenting with chemical reactions!
Baking Soda and Vinegar Art keeps kids engaged for a long period of time!
Once your child is finished with their art creation, you can add cups, spoons and other sand toys to the newly colored baking soda and they can dig and create even more.
Continue reading for the directions and the purpose of Baking Soda and Vinegar Art.
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Materials Needed
materials
Tray
Baking Soda
Vinegar
Food coloring
Mason jars or cups
Pipettes
purpose
Explore cause and effect
Hands-on chemistry experiment
Strengthens fine motor skills
Engages imagination
Teaches early chemistry concepts
Experiment with a new art process
Sensory Play
Color mixing experimentation
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Step by Step Directions
add baking soda
Fill the bottom of a tray with baking soda
add food coloring
Pour vinegar into jars or cups
Add food coloring to each jar
begin
Invite your child to use the pipettes to add colored vinegar to the baking soda using pipettes
This is an open ended activity-encourage your child to create whatever they feel inspired to
Talk about the chemical reaction they see happening!
add items
Add spoons, cups and any dishes or sand tools that you have around the house
Invite your child to dig and explore!
pour in vinegar
Ask your child if they want to pour the colored vinegar into the tray
Watch the reaction that occurs!
continue
Let your child continue to explore as long as they are interested!
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Extend Learning
Extend your child's learning by sharing scientific facts. Introduce new vocabulary words while you're talking. Discuss what the words mean and try to use the new vocab words in conversation over the next couple of weeks.
It’s a chemical reaction
Baking soda is the base
Vinegar is the acid
When a base and acid are mixed together- a gas called carbon dioxide is formed causing the bubbling reaction
Chemistry
Chemical reaction
Base
Acid
Carbon dioxide
Gas
