What did you notice? What is it about this mixture that makes it do its thing?

• When you think of atoms, you could connect one with others to create a molecule. Molecules can then eventually connect to one another to form into different shapes of matter such as a gas, liquid, or solid. When molecules are combined together or broken down, it requires “work” or energy. In this experiment, the original forms of baking soda and vinegar are a solid and a liquid. When the two were combined together in the glass container, the reaction was distinguishable as a foam was created and started to suddenly rise. This is because it’s an exothermic reaction! Exothermic reactions release more heat to their surrounding environment due to the little work to break down the components of the experiment, which then allows more energy to be put into the reaction of the experiment!

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