Exploding Plastic Bag
What you need:
- One small zip-lock bag - small freezer bags work best
- Baking soda
- Warm water
- Vinegar
- Measuring cup
- A tissue
What do you do?
- Go outside - or at least do this in the kitchen sink.
- Put 1/4 cup of pretty warm water into the bag.
- Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the water in the bag.
- Put 3 teaspoons of baking soda into the middle of the tissue.
- Wrap the the baking soda up in the tissue by folding the tissue around it.
- You will have to work fast now - partially zip the bag closed but leave enough space to add the baking soda packet. Put the tissue with the baking soda into the bag and quickly zip the bag completely closed.
- Put the bag in the sink or down on the ground (outside) and step back. The bag will start to expand, and expand, and if all goes well...POP!
How does it work?
What happens inside the bag is actually pretty interesting - the baking soda and the vinegar eventually mix (the tissue buys you some time to zip the bag shut) When they do mix, you create an ACID-BASE reaction and the two chemicals work together to create a gas, (carbon dioxide - the stuff we breathe out) well it turns out gasses need a lot of room and the carbon dioxide starts to fill the bag, and keeps filling the bag until the bag can no longer hold it any more and, POP!
