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La Casa De Comida : In the Lab : Fun Experiments with Food - Lemon Fizz

 


Lemon Fizz
You Will Need:

  • baking soda
  • water
  • lemonade
  • 2 drinking glasses
  • 2 spoons

Directions:

  1. Fill one glass half full of water. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
  2. Fill the second glass half full of lemonade. Use a clean spoon to put 1/2 a teaspoon of baking powder in the lemonade.
  3. What is the reaction when the baking soda contacts the water? Try making orange fizz or apple fizz and see if the reaction is different.

Questions to Ask:

  • Why does baking soda react with acids to give off carbon dioxide?
  • What is baking soda a compound of?

Consumption:

  • Drink the lemon fizz quickly before all the bubbles escape into the air.

Bibliography

Cobb, V. Science Experiments You Can Eat (New York: Lippincott, 1972).

 


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