Teaching experimental design and letting students develop their own questions and hypotheses takes time. These materials have been created to scaffold and structure the process to allow teachers to focus on improving the key ideas in experimental design.
Have students use this worksheet to record their observations while doing their menthos and coke experiments
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Mentos and Coke Experiment
Directions: In this experiment, you will observe the chemical reaction that occurs when mixing Mentos and Coca Cola, then change one or more of the variables and make a hypothesis about the results of your changes.