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Christmas Science Experiment for Kids

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This Christmas Science Experiment for Kids is a fun, glittery, hands-on activity for kids.

 

Kids will love this glittery, erupting Christmas tree STEM project and is perfect for preschool, kindergarten and elementary aged kids!

 

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Christmas Science Experiment

  • Arrange mini cups inside a tray in the shape of a tree

  • Add a brown “trunk:” to the bottom of the cup “tree”

  • I used a square wooden block

  • If you don’t have a block you can use anything brown that you have around the house

  • Fill each cup 1/2-3/4 full with vinegar 

  • Add a few drops of green food coloring to the bottom cups

  • Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to the top cup

  • Stir each cup

  • Add a pinch or two of glitter to each cup

  • Add a spoonful of baking soda to each cup and watch the reaction

  • Continue experimenting!

  • Add more baking soda and more vinegar to continue creating reactions

  • Ask your child open ended questions about what they are observing

  • Introduce new vocabulary words throughout the experiment (see below)

  • 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

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