Thursday, April 2, 2009

Ha HA! I finished this project and Aced It! Thanks for viewing!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Was My Hypothesis Correct?

My Hypothesis was correct, but the blackberries and applesauce affected the mix most. Here's an animoto of my experiment.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Conclusion

I have come to my esteemed conclusion. I have decided, based on well gathered information, that the blackberries and applesauce affected the mixture most. You can be the judge of which of these household ingredients affected it more. Both mixtures changed colors, had more density, and made either more or fewer bubbles.

The picture above is of the blackberry mix.

This is a video of the applesauce mix.
Final Experiment!!!
I did the Diet Dr. Pepper test, and, once again, the only thing that changed was the color. So, with that said, I think the applesauce and blackberry juice changed the mixture the most. I will post my conclusion and an Animoto soon!!!!



These are pictures of my experiment of adding water to the mix. The reaction was basically unchanged.

Friday, February 6, 2009

3rd Experiment

I conducted my third experiment... finally!! Overall the water did not seem to have much affect on the reaction. It stayed about the same. I used the same formula for the water amounts as I used with the other experiments. Here is how it goes:

  • 1 teaspoon
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 table spoon water
So, next I will try Diet Dr. Pepper with the baking soda and vinegar!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Ha Ha!


Ha Ha! I did it! You can now see my pictures!!! I have lots, so I am making them kind of small.

The picture at the top left is the reaction without the other stuff. The middle picture is of all the ingredients I used, and the bottom picture is of the blackberries.



Experiments

I conducted my first two experiments today. I found out that blackberry juice makes the reaction stronger, and the applesauce slows the bubbles down. These are the formulas I used:

For the blackberries
  • 4 blackberries
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
For the applesauce
  • 1 tbsp applesauce
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
I am trying to attach pictures of the experiments, so they will show up in a later post.

1st Decision

I decided, after some intensive research, that I will try mixing the following ingredients with vinegar and baking soda:

  • Water
  • Dr. Pepper
  • Applesauce
  • Blackberry Juice

All of these should be safe to test.

This is a link to a toondoo of part of my question... hope you like it!!!

http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/546291

Boiling Vinegar

I have been looking for a list of toxic mixes, but so far no luck. I did find out that heating vinegar is dangerous, as the fumes can sometimes be toxic. Just a heads up--never boil vinegar, even in a coffee pot!

More Research

I did a little more searching today and found out that mixing bleach with vinegar and baking soda creates an extreamly harmful gas!!! NEVER mix vinegar and bleach!!! So bleach is definitely off the list of things to mix. I hope to find more harmful ingredients as well as safe ones soon.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Hypothesis

I decided today that my hypothesis will be that the mix will still bubble with other ingredients added to it. Because carbon dioxide makes it bubble, I think the carbon dioxide will not be dampened by other ingredients.

Follow the link to a ToonDoo!
http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/545704

Friday, January 23, 2009

Research


Today I found out that mixing acetic acid(vinegar) and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) create an acid base reaction. So, acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate form carbonic acid, which is basically carbon dioxide and water. The carbon dioxide is what you see foaming and bubbling in the reaction.


My Question

For this fun and scientific project, I decided to use an interesting and fun question. Does a vinegar and baking soda mixture still bubble if different substances are added to it? Hopefully, I will be able to find promising results.