Posted: April 24th, 2015

How Baking Soda and Vinegar React

How Baking Soda and Vinegar React

Paper details:
Follow these guidelines for your science fair report. See the example papers
In general there are six things that all scientific papers should do:

1-Trace the scientific origins of the research problem.
2-Summarize the state of knowledge on the subject.
3-State the critical hypothesis being tested in the research project.
4-Interpret results in relation to your hypotheses and to the general state of knowledge.
5-Identify the scientific questions and procedural weaknesses that need to be addressed in the future
6-Be concise.

Source Reference:
Science Buddies Staff. “Rocketology: Baking Soda + Vinegar = Lift Off!” Science Buddies. Science Buddies, 23 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Mar. 2015 http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Chem_p086.shtml
Materials:
•    Plastic film canister with a lid and tight seal. Fuji® or Kodak® should work well.
•    Masking tape or painter’s tape.
•    Permanent marker
•    Metric ruler, tape measure, or meter stick
•    Baking soda (1 fresh, unopened box)
•    White vinegar (1/2 gallon bottle or jug)
•    Measuring spoon, 1/8 tsp.
•    Measuring spoon, 1 tsp.
•    Bowl
•    Water
•    Spoon
•    Safety goggles
•    Lab notebook
Objective:
To determine the correct ratio of baking soda to vinegar that will result in the highest launch of a plastic canister.
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