This is something that I have been wanting to do with my kids forever! I have never done it or seen it done so it was fun and exciting for both the kids and me.
We are already planning to do it again… next time I am buying a six-pack of pop. Hubby wants to see it too, and was really surprised how high it actually shot up.
I sad that I didn’t get better photos this first time around, but I was concentrating on what was actually happening and my girls reaction than where I was aiming the camera. Next time definitely using the tripod.
Pop and Mentos Eruption
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It’s really simple. All you need is a bottle of pop and a mento
Brookland got the joy of dropping the mento in. I told them that there would an explosion but I guess I didn’t go into details because…
My girl jumped back quite far. She wasn’t expecting it at all.
I had no idea that it would shoot up that far. Austin wanted to go to the store right away to get more pop. I wanted to go to the store to get more pop, but couldn’t justify it.
But we’ll be getting more this weekend and I’ll take some more (and better) pictures!
Have you ever done this? Are you now planning to do this?
Update: We did this again… three more times. But we did it with 710 mL bottles of coke, and it failed. Well, it didn’t fail, it worked but it didn’t go as high as it did with the 2L. And since we still have Mentos left over, I’ll be buying another 2L bottle, or two. I loved watching the kids’ reaction so much that, yes I will waste more money on this.
We went to a birthday party once where the child’s older brother demonstrated it for us. The kids all loved it!
I remember doing this! Such fun! Great photos of the eruption too. Thanks for sharing on #ToddlerFunFriday
We’d never done it before. I bought a six pack of pop today, tomorrow we’ll all be out there watching it.
This is awesome!! We’ve gotta try this!
It really is awesome! Who knew two simple things could be so much fun?!
Your photos are really good! I saw this done a t ascience exhibit, but have never done it myself. Although I would quite like to now!
Thanks! I wasn’t able to get anymore pictures sadly when we did it again my own fault for getting smaller bottles.
This looks so cool! I never think to do things like this with my girls. I think I may have to do it in the Summer when it is a bit warmer.
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It really was fun! I love doing things like this with them. Its just as much fun for me as it is for them! 🙂
This is always such a fun experiment! My kids love it and so do I! Thank you for sharing it at the #SmallVictoriesSundayLinkup!
One of my favorite science experiments! We went to a science exhibit last year where they did several bottles at once. It was fantastic to see. I’ve also done it in the backyard with the kids. A hint for you: use diet soda, less sticky…not sure if it makes a difference in the height.
The first one I did use diet, the others were Coke Cola Zero… the first six-pack I saw. I might have to try it with some other bottles now to see it also affects the height!
Never done it, but want to with my granddaughter. It looks like fun! Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things! Hope to see you again this week 🙂