{"id":3723,"date":"2020-06-15T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2020-06-23T07:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T07:54:21","slug":"balloonexperiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/2020\/06\/15\/balloonexperiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon Experiment (Thurs 25th)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know how to blow up a balloon \u2026 but did you know you could blow it up with a chemical reaction?<\/p>\n<p>Put your safety goggles on as you are about to become scientists!<\/p>\n<p>What you need:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An empty plastic bottle<\/li>\n<li>A balloon<\/li>\n<li>Vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Bicarbonate of soda<\/li>\n<li>A funnel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This experiment is excellent for showing off to your family through video call, that you have a trick to blow up a balloon!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pour some vinegar into the plastic bottle (about 1\/5 of the way)<\/li>\n<li>Insert the funnel into the balloon and carefully add 2 tablespoons of bicarb inside<\/li>\n<li>Carefully fit the balloon over the top of the bottle (Be careful not to spill any bicarb in yet!!)<\/li>\n<li>Once the balloon is secure, hold up the balloon &#8211; pouring the bicarb into the vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Watch as your balloon starts to inflate!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/wpsnursery\/uploads\/sites\/2550\/2020\/05\/04135113\/balloon-experiment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/2020\/06\/15\/balloonexperiment\/balloon-experiment\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/wpsnursery\/uploads\/sites\/2550\/2020\/05\/04135113\/balloon-experiment.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"balloon experiment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/wpsnursery\/uploads\/sites\/2550\/2020\/05\/04135113\/balloon-experiment.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/wpsnursery\/uploads\/sites\/2550\/2020\/05\/04135113\/balloon-experiment.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3726\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/wpsnursery\/uploads\/sites\/2550\/2020\/05\/04135113\/balloon-experiment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This happens because of the gas produced when the vinegar and bicarb mix together to cause a chemical reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Some things to think about during your experimenting:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Predict what you think will happen before you carry out your experiment<\/li>\n<li>Why did this happen?<\/li>\n<li>Does it work with other ingredients? e.g. oil? baking powder? salt? water?<\/li>\n<li>Why does the balloon stop blowing up?<\/li>\n<li>How tall is your balloon? (Use a measuring tape or ruler to measure the height of your balloon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great experiment to promote inquiry, prediction, observation skills, critical thinking and don&#8217;t forget measuring!<\/p>\n<p>As an extra, I like to draw funny faces on the balloons first so that when they blow up they make my family laugh! Have a race with your family to see who&#8217;s balloon will blow up first!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy being scientists and don&#8217;t forget to leave a comment and tell us all about your results!<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know how to blow up a balloon \u2026 but did you know you could blow it up with a chemical reaction? Put your safety goggles on as you are about to become scientists! What you need:- An empty plastic bottle A balloon Vinegar Bicarbonate of soda A funnel This experiment is excellent for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/2020\/06\/15\/balloonexperiment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Balloon Experiment (Thurs 25th)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8017,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3723\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/wpsnursery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}