Intro
Make spaghetti do tricks with this fun and fizzy experiment! While this activity is a real
dance party in a glass, by observing the results of combining baking soda and vinegar
children will gain a unique perspective on chemical reactions.

Set Up Ideas
To get started quickly, have all of your ingredients premeasured and ready to go.
Otherwise, let the children help in breaking up the spaghetti and measuring out the other
ingredients.

Let’s Get Started
For this activity, you will need to gather the following materials: a pack of uncooked
spaghetti noodles, 1 cup of water, two teaspoons of baking soda, 5 teaspoons of vinegar, a tall clear glass, art paper and crayons.

Tips and Tricks
Note: much like erupting volcano activities, this activity has the potential to become quite
messy. We recommend performing this activity over an art tray to catch any spills that
may occur.

Follow up Activity
Have the children draw a picture of what they saw happening in the container or use
remaining spaghetti pieces as a unique collage material.

Steps:

1. Pour a cup of water and two teaspoons of baking soda into a tall clear glass. Stir the
   mixture together until the baking soda has dissolved into the water.
2. Break pieces of uncooked spaghetti into 1-inch long pieces. Place about 6 pieces into the
   glass of water and dissolved baking soda. The pieces will sink to the bottom.
3. Add vinegar to the solution in the glass. Observe as the pieces of spaghetti at the bottom
   of the glass begin to pop up and dance around!
4. As the spaghetti dance begins to slow down, add a little more vinegar to the solution to
   keep the dance party going!