The Ziplock Bag Reaction

This exciting ohhh ahhh experiment uses a ziplock bag and chemicals to create a distinctly more neato reaction that students can hold in their hand. Students can observe several indicators that show a chemical reaction is taking place. They see a color change, a heat increase (exothermic reaction), a precipitate forms, and bubbles (a sign that a gas is being produced) and smell ewwww!

This experiment comes from a group of experiments developed by The Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley and written by Jacqueline Barber.

"GEMS is a leading resource for innovative science and mathematics education. Developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, the public science education center at the University of California at Berkeley, and tested in thousands of classrooms nationwide, over 70 GEMS teacher's guides and handbooks offer a wide range of supplementary learning experiences."

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GEMS/GEMS.html

"GEMS activities engage students in direct experience and experimentation to introduce essential, standards-based principles and concepts.

This is the book the experiment comes from.

 

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GEMS/GEM320.html

Check out a short movie of this experiment!

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