Looking to incorporate more STEM education into your preschooler’s activities? Then try this fun superhero fizz STEM activity!
My son is really into superheroes right now, especially Captain America. So for our science experiment, we decided to make Superhero Fizz! It was so much fun that we repeated it the next night too. To make it Captain America-themed, we used red and blue food coloring and silver glitter. The glitter looked awesome as the mixture fizzed up!
Supplies Needed:
- bowl or foil tray (we used a brownie-sized foil baking tray)
- 1 box of baking soda
- glitter
- white vinegar
- paint cups ( we reused plastic fruit cups)
- food coloring
- measuring spoons (for spooning the vinegar into the tray) or eyedroppers/pipettes
Prepare the Tray:
- Sprinkle baking soda all over the bottom of the tray so that the entire bottom is covered
- Sprinkle glitter on top of the baking soda
Prepare the Paint Cups:
- pour in vinegar
- then add a couple of drops of food coloring
- stir the food coloring
Making the Superhero Fizz
- To make the superhero fizz, spoon some of the colored vinegar into the tray. Watch the vinegar bubble up when it touches the baking soda! The sparkle from the glitter adds to the fun as the baking soda-vinegar mixture fizzes up and the light hits the glitter.
- Rotate adding the colors to the tray until all of the baking soda is covered in the colored vinegar.
*the larger amount of vinegar that you dump into the tray at a time, the larger you fizz will be 🙂
Modify This STEM Activity for Other Themes:
This activity can be modified to fit any theme by changing the colors of the food coloring and using different colored glitter. Try unicorn fizz, or mermaid fizz, or rainbow fizz!
Check out my STEM page for more fun ideas: https://imaginationsrunningwild.com/stem/