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What makes materials change in structure?

How does water change?

What happens to a material when it is heated?

What happens to a material under pressure?

What happens to a material when there is a chemical reaction?

What happens inside materials that changes the structure?

Why can some properties be more easily changed than others?

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This model has been used to explain the concept of 'chemical change'.

You can use this model to show your understanding of the concepts you will be learning throughout this unit.

Some possible concepts you could explain by using this model:
solid, liquid, gas, physical change, reversible change, irreversible change

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Do you know what is the process of glass-making?

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What are the differences between the 3 different states of matter (solid, liquid and gas)?

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Kid's learn about the science of states of matter. Solids, liquids, gases, and even plasma.

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What are the water's states of matter during the water cycle?

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How do you say these words in your home language?

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Matter is all around us. It's everything that takes up space. There are different states of matter. They are solids, liquids, and gases. Solid particles are

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Watch this video about thermal and electrical conductors and insulators.

Can you try to say/write what these terms are first in your home language and then in English?

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Conductors and Insulators -Animation for kids

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How do you say thermal conductors and thermal insulators in your home languages?

Can you investigate the origin and meaning of the word thermal?

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Have a look at the cool experiments on the website below.

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Baking soda experiments or activities are a great, safe and easy way to introduce the concept of a chemical reaction to children. Baking soda is alkaline and reacts with acids such as vinegar, releasing carbon dioxide ( a gas ) and water. The fizz produced is brilliant fun for children to watch, especially if you combine it with washing up liquid ( dish soap ) to make even more bubbles or add a bit of food colouring, ice or a theme.
Note: This is an old post that I have updated, so there are now more than ten ideas!

Baking Soda Reactions

Make Honeycomb

Did you know honeycomb has lots of holes due to the addition of baking soda? Making honeycomb is a delicious way to see the bubbles made when baking soda reacts.

Baking Soda Rocket

This rocket is my favourite baking soda experiment, but it does shoot up with a bang, so take extra special care and stand well back! You'll need to wrap the baking soda in a small piece of kitchen towel to slow the reaction down for long enough to push the cork securely into place.

Baking Soda Powered Boat

We loved making our baking soda boat, although it was tricky to get the mechanism to work correctly. It's worth persevering with, though. It's fun to try making several different size boats and investigate how they move when you add different amounts of baking soda and vinegar.

Monster Tea Party and witchy potions

Our monster tea party was filled with fun fizzy potions and an excellent opportunity to try baking soda as well as bicarbonate of soda. Which do you think worked the best?

If monsters aren't your thing, how about making witchy or fairy potions?

Baking Soda Volcano

A baking soda volcano is a staple science activity for kids. Try asking children to investigate using different amounts of vinegar but keeping the amount of washing-up liquid and baking soda the same. Can they create the perfect recipe for an eruption?

Volcanos can be made using snow, sand, papier mache, LEGO or anything else you can make a basic volcano shape with.

Baking Soda Popper

My children loved these baking soda poppers. Please be careful and stand back, as these can shoot up with a little warning and a lot of force.

We experimented to discover the best baking soda and vinegar combination for a launch.

What reacts with baking soda?

This fun investigation is great for children to start thinking scientifically. We tested lots of different liquids to discover what reacts with baking soda and what doesn't.

Remember to keep the amount of baking soda and the test substance the same.

Fizzing rocks with baking soda

Make baking soda rocks and watch them fizz! Can you hide something inside them?

Blow up a balloon with baking soda

Did you know you can blow up a balloon with baking soda and vinegar or another acid?

Baking Soda Ice Cubes

Make some colourful baking soda ice cubes and watch them fizz as you add vinegar.

Frozen Vinegar

Inspiration Laboratories froze the vinegar instead of the baking soda, which also worked brilliantly.

Dancing Raisins

Watch raisins dance around a glass due to bubbles of carbon dioxide.

Fizzy Paint

We did this many years ago but loved our fizzy paint afternoon.

Exploding Sandwich Bag

Exploding sandwich bags are always fun too! Simply pop a bit of vinegar and baking soda in a sealable plastic bag, fasten it quickly and stand back to watch!

Colour Changing Baking Soda Potions

These colour-changing potions made with red cabbage indicator are fantastic fun and easy to make too!

These change colour as the acid and then alkali is added.

Christmas Elf Lab

We very much enjoyed our magical fizzy elf lab for Christmas time too!

Do you have any more baking soda experiments to tell us about?

What is a baking soda and vinegar reaction?

If you combine an acid and an alkali, they react together to neutralise each other. Vinegar is an acid, and bicarbonate of soda is an alkali.

The reaction releases carbon dioxide gas, which is the bubbles you see. If you add washing-up liquid ( dish soap ) to your eruption, mix the bubbles making the washing-up liquid bubble up, giving you an extra bubbly mix.

Don't forget we've got 100s more easy science experiments for you to try at home or school!

Last Updated on January 30, 2023 by Emma Vanstone

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Amazing Baking Soda Experiments - Science Experiments for Kids

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Baking soda experiments or activities are a great, safe and easy way to introduce the concept of a chemical reaction to children. Baking soda is alkaline and reacts with acids such as vinegar, releasing carbon dioxide ( a gas ) and water.

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After reading/watching the 'Have fun with baking soda' experiments, can you answer the following questions:

What is baking soda and how does it react with other materials?

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We have been discussing about the different steps of a scientific report (hypothesis, materials, etc.)

Can you think of an experiment you recently carried out in class or any other experiment you have seen or done and write up a report for it?

You may choose one of the three formats (1, 2 or 3 stars) provided below.

Good luck!

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Students in Y6 followed a recipe and mixed different materials to experiment with the different states of matter. The slime they made has a somewhere-between-a-liquid-and-a-solid makeup.

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How does each of the ingredients help us make delicious muffins?

Eggs

Sugar

Flour

Butter

Bicarbonate of soda

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Can you think of any other materials which have one or more of these properties?

For example:
This glass is transparent.
My table's surface is very smooth.
The rubber toy is soft and squashy.

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These are the steps every scientific experiment should follow.

Can you write the diagram shown below in your home language?

Do you notice any similarities between the words in your home language and the English words?

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What Material Conducts Heat Best Science Experiment