- Place your Dino Egg onto a tray.
- Encourage your child to use the pipette and drop the red coloured solution onto the egg to hatch baby dino!
- 1x dino egg wrapped in paper, 1x pipette and 1x jar red coloured vinegar.
The Science Behind The Fun!
- The coloured solution is vinegar, an acid, and the powder is baking soda, a base.
- When the acid (vinegar) and the base (baking soda) are mixed together, a chemical reaction happens!
- This reaction results in a new substance being made, a gas called carbon dioxide, which gives off the foaming and fizzing bubbles that you see.
- The volcano has a tiny opening, leaving very little room for the gas to spread out. This causes an “eruption” as the gas disperses quickly through the volcano crater!
- A simple scientific experiment for young children that involves all 3 states of matter : solid (baking soda), liquid (vinegar), and gas (carbon dioxide).