Fizzy Apple Volcanoes: Easy STEM Fun

Fizzy Apple Volcanoes: Easy STEM Fun is a fun and easy fizzy science experiment for kids! This simple to set up STEM activity is the perfect activity for home or in the classroom this fall.

Fizzy Apple Volcanoes Science Fun

Creating apple volcanoes at home is one of those super easy kitchen science experiments, every child should experience especially during fall, apple picking season. When I set this up for my kids, they absolute loved it. Baking soda fizzy experiments are always a massive hit on our house. The colours, the smells, the sounds and the bubbles! This fun and easy chemical reaction was equal parts science and sensory!

Science for All Ages

One of the great things about this activity is that its safe for toddlers and preschoolers but exciting enough to entertain older grade school age kids as well! The main ingredients for this chemical reaction are baking soda and vinegar, common kitchen household items that is easily available at the grocery store.

Easy Fizzy Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiments

Do you want to try more experiments with baking soda. You can also try our other fizzy experiments like our

How to Make Apple Volcanoes

Use a top to make a hole in the top of the apple. Use a spoon to make the hole slightly bigger.
Fill the hole entirely with baking soda.
Add food colouring and a few drops fo dish soap.
Fill a squeeze bottle with vinegar. You can mix in some water in order to make your vinegar go further. Mix 1/3 water with 2/3 vinegar.
Squeeze the vinegar into the apple and watch it erupt with fizzy. Keep adding vinegar until the reaction stops.

Science Behind the Fizzy Apple Volcanoes

What happens when you combine baking soda with vinegar? Fizz! But why does this happen with two seemingly common ingredients. Baking soda is a base and vinegar is an acid. When an acid and a base mix they produce a gas called carbon dioxide.

Supplies for Fizzy Apple Volcanoes

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Crab apples or apples
Baking Soda
Vinegar
Squeeze bottle or eye droppers
Knife (for adult use only)
Tray or sensory bin

Age Suitability for Fizzy Apple Volcanoes

This activity is good for toddlers, pre-k, kindergarten aged children 3 years old and up. My kids are 4.5, 4.5 and 8 years old.

Mess Level

The mess level for this activity is high.

Difficulty to Create

Easy.

Skills Developed

Sensory play, language development, number recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

The benefits of sensory play:

encourages the development of fine and gross motor skills;
supports language development;
can calm and relieve anxiety;
promotes and strengthens memory; and
helps develop the nerve connections the brain requires for higher learning.

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Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.

In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.

Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.

The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids

Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.

Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!

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