Teaching experimental design and letting students develop their own questions and hypotheses takes time. These materials have been created to scaffold and structure the process to allow teachers to focus on improving the key ideas in experimental design.
Chemical reactions are processes that involve the rearranging of atoms to make new substances. The following activities are aimed to help introduce students to chemical reactions and help them understand exactly what they are!
Have students use this worksheet to record their observations while doing their menthos and coke experiments
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Name Date
CHANGE
MATERIALS
HYPOTHESIS
Directions: In this experiment, you will observe the chemical reaction that occurs when mixing Mentos and Coca Cola, then change one or more of the variables and make a hypothesis about the results of your changes.