Want to try a really fun science experiment with your students?
Let’s Make a Fog Bubble From Dry Ice
To make a fog bubble you will need:
- a large bowl with a lip around the top
- a strip of cloth
- bubble solution (be sure to add a little corn syrup or glycerin to your solution for strong bubbles that will get really big).
- dry ice (can be purchased in grocery stores)
Safety First: Adults should handle the dry ice with gloves. Do not let the children touch the dry ice. It can cause skin reactions.
Directions:
1. Place the dry ice in the bowl and add a little water.
2. Place the strip of cloth in the bubble solution. Get a generous amount of solution on the cloth.
3. Run the cloth around the lip of the bowl and then drag it across the bowl to form a bubble.
4. Now watch what happens!
Be sure to talk about Science Lab Safety!
Students love exciting science labs like this!
Concepts you can teach through this? Is it a physical or chemical change? What is carbon dioxide?
Uses of dry ice in the real world? What is sublimation? Lab Safety around dry ice.
This is SO COOL!! I love those photos! I really like how you have students write about the experiment in their interactive notebooks, too! I bet it's fun to review all of the cool science experiments that you have done when the school year comes to an end!
Thank you Deb! It is a really engaging experiment!
Very cool! I do not teach science, but I will forward this to my partner teacher who teaches physical and chemical changes. I am sure your students loved this! I love the interactive notebook activity to go with it!
Mary
Fit to be Fourth
Will you come and teach my Science class? You have the COOLEST activities! Thanks for linking-up ANOTHER great idea for TBT!!!!
Angela
You are so sweet to say that! I am glad you thought it was cool! Thank you for letting me link up.
Thank you so much!
My nieces are going to have so much fun with this project! I'm babysitting them this weekend and have been looking for ways to entertain them. My sister will appreciate that they'll be learning science, too. Any other dry ice experiments you can suggest? https://www.unitedcityicecube.com