Exciting Valentine’s Day Science Activities for Elementary Kids
Engage children with fun and quick science experiments using common household items that lead to big smiles.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Science Activities
- Method: Experimentation
- Cuisine: N/A
- Diet: N/A
Ingredients
- Baking soda
- White vinegar
- Small plastic cups or ramekins
- Food coloring
- Liquid dish soap
- Whole milk
- Cotton swabs
- Pipe cleaners or straws
- White school glue
- Table salt
- Construction paper or cardstock
- A tray or large sheet of paper towels
Instructions
- Set up your workspace by placing a tray and paper towels on the table.
- Place the small cups in a row and pour a thin layer of baking soda into the bottom of each one.
- Add food coloring drops to each baking soda cup and mix gently with a cotton swab.
- Pour a small amount of vinegar into the first colored baking soda cup and stand back to observe the fizz.
- For the milk and color experiment, pour a shallow layer of whole milk into a wide dish and add drops of food colors spaced apart.
- Dip a cotton swab into liquid dish soap and touch it to the center of one food color drop to watch the colors spread.
- To make salt paintings, draw a shape with white glue on cardstock, sprinkle salt, and then add food color drops.
- Encourage kids to predict outcomes before experimenting.
- When finished, rinse cups and tools in warm soapy water, and clean the workspace.
- Reflect with the kids about their discoveries.
Notes
Wear old shirts or aprons to avoid stains. Cleanup is easy with warm soapy water for spills.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 0
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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