Kids are going to love making this DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment. It is inexpensive and uses very little supplies but kids are going to become so fascinated with how it works. This is such a fun experiment that kids will not even realize that it is a learning experience.
DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment
It is so important to keep kids engaged over the summer, but for most kids, if science isn’t fun, they just aren’t interested. This happens a lot in school and that is why so many kids start to dread science class. If you keep science and STEM fun for kids, they will continue to love to learn. That is why this is such a great experiment.
How Is This a Stem Experiment
Kids will see how the Alka Seltzer tablets, oil and water combine and what the reaction looks like. Kids will see how the Alka Seltzer tablets change the oil and water. Kids will also see how oil and water react to each other.
What Else Can Kids Add to the DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment
We are adding food coloring to the lava lamp but you can also add glitter and small pieces of confetti. Anything bigger will not continue to go around in the solution.
Get the how-to below, but first check out these other fun activities:
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DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment Supplies
- Oil
- Water
- Liquid food coloring
- Alka Seltzer tablets
- Large jar
How to Make DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment
Pour oil into the jar, filling to about half way.
Fill the remaining part of the jar with water. (The water will sink creating fun bubbles.)
Add several drops of food coloring and watch it float to the middle and then pop into the water.
Add an Alka Seltzer tablet to the jar and watch the bubbles move.
Repeat as desired, experimenting with adding colors and/or breaking the tablet into pieces before dropping it into the jar.
DIY Lava Lamp Stem Experiment
Materials
- Oil
- Water
- Liquid food coloring
- Alka Seltzer tablets
- Large jar
Instructions
- Pour oil into the jar, filling to about half way.
- Fill the remaining part of the jar with water. (The water will sink creating fun bubbles.)
- Add several drops of food coloring and watch it float to the middle and then pop into the water.
- Add an Alka Seltzer tablet to the jar and watch the bubbles move.
- Repeat as desired, experimenting with adding colors and/or breaking the tablet into pieces before dropping it into the jar.
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