Let Handy Dan and his lovable sidekick Junkbot show you how to make safe lava that doesn't burn and turn it into your very own lava lamp. This fun do-it-yourself activity can be made from common items you can usually find around the house.
Have a groovy time with Handy Dan and Junkbot as they show you how to make your very own lava lamp!
Step 1: Gather your supplies
You only need to find a few common items to make your lava lamp:
- Empty plastic bottle with a cap
- Water
- Food coloring
- Vegetable oil
- Alka-Seltzer tablet
Step 2: Fill the plastic bottle
Very carefully pour the vegetable oil into the plastic bottle until it is about 5/6 full.
Then, fill the bottle by adding water to the oil, all the way to the top.
Step 3: Add food coloring
Put the tip of the food coloring bottle inside the rim of the plastic bottle so that it's just above the surface of the water and add droplets of food coloring.
Step 3: Add the Alka Seltzer tablet
Break the Alka-Seltzer tablet into four equal sized pieces.
Then add one of the four pieces to the bottle.
Finally, put the cap on the bottle.
Step 4: Watch the bubble form
When the bubbling dies down add another Alka Seltzer tablet. Experiment by adding different colors to other bottles and different amounts of vegetable oil and water to make your own lava lamp unique!
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If you like DIY experiments like these, you should see the kinds of spectacular demonstrations we bring to schools with our live school assembly presentations. Take a look at STEAM Museum, The Magic of Science, Physics is Fun, Forces and Motion and Crime Scene Science, each full of interactive demonstrations that kids love.
