TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Reaction Exposed: The Big Chill!
Students investigate the endothermic reaction involving citric acid, sodium bicarbonate and water to produce carbon dioxide, water and sodium citrate. In the presence of water [H2O]; citric acid [C6H8O7] and sodium bicarbonate [NaHCO3]...
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Change in Temperature: Exothermic Reaction
Students will observe an exothermic reaction in this activity where they add calcium chloride to a baking soda solution. This increase in temperature is due to the chemical change that has occurred.
Other
Science Alive: Chemical Reactions and How You Know When You've Made Something
In this activity, learners carry out a chemical reaction in which two reactants (baking soda and hydrochloric acid) produce three products (sodium chloride, carbon dioxide gas, and water) and determine that the solid product (sodium...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Baking Soda: Chemical Formula, Preparation, and Uses
Baking soda has a variety of uses, including for household cleaning and for baking. Read about its chemical formula and its common reactions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Torpedo Designing Contest
For this combined Chemistry and Physics lab, students investigate how to create pipette torpedoes that will be propelled using the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Create Gas
Follow these simple, step-by-step instructions to create and observe the results of the chemical reaction between vinegar and baking soda.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Designing a Reaction Rate Experiment
In this activity, students will design, conduct, and report the outcome of an experiment in which they investigate some factor that affects the rate of reaction between baking soda and vinegar. The dynamic nature of the reaction, coupled...
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Baggie Blast [Pdf]
See what happens when you mix vinegar, water, and baking soda.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: The Exploding Lunch Bag
This site contains a simple procedure for observing an acid-base neutralization reaction (baking soda and vinegar), in which the product, carbon dioxide, causes a zipped bag to explode.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Soda Bottle Boat Experiment
Use the chemical reaction that occurs when mixing a base (baking soda) with an acid (vinegar) to turn a plastic soda bottle into a jet boat.
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Bubbling Cauldron Dough [Pdf]
Create a dough using simple ingredients and make it bubble like a brew in a cauldron by causing an acid-base reaction.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science in Paradise: Paradise Postponed
Research the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano that devastated the island of Montserrat, and create a mini volcano using the chemical reaction caused by mixing baking soda and vinegar.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Orange Fizz
Science activity shows what happens when an orange or clementine is mixed with baking soda. Links to video of the experiment.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Submarine Race Experiment
Balance the force of gravity with the force of the expanding gasses created by mixing baking soda and vinegar. Create a soda bottle submarine that sinks to the bottom of the bathtub and then rises back to the surface.
Other
The Science House: Dancing Spaghetti
The chemical change of matter is illustrated in this lab experiment when spaghetti is placed in a solution of baking soda and vinegar. Watch the spaghetti rise to the surface and sink again once the gas is released.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Jack O Cano
Turn your pumpkin into a volcano science activity shows what happens when water, food coloring, dish soap, and vinegar are mixed with baking soda. Click on the link to watch Scientist Joe make the Jack-O-Cano experiment.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Vinegar Pops
See what happens when you dip a popsicle made of vinegar into a plate of baking soda in this science experiment.
Other
Frostburg State University: Organic Chemistry Help
This site is designed to be a supplement for students of organic chemistry. Its tutorials and self-grading tests are interactive and extremely helpful.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Classifying Chemical and Physical Changes in Various Materials/substances
In this classroom lab, learners will investigate the characteristics of a chemical change. Students will also provide a definition of what constitutes a physical change through observation of several examples. Learners will use/create...
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Build a Fizz Inflator [Pdf]
Science Bob provides all the instructions to create a balloon inflating contraption that uses the chemical reaction of vinegar and baking soda.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Fizzy Fruit and P H Indicator
Make your own ph indicator and mix it with some baking soda and notice a reaction occur.