Coke and Mentos Experiment with Junior Infants 2018

We did a great experiment with the Junior Infants on Wednesday. We used Berocca bottles, Coke and Mentos. We filled the Berocca bottles to the three quarter mark. We added 1 Mentos first, the 2 , the 3 and even 4 Mentos.We shook the bottles containinng the mixture and we held the bottles away from us. A physical reaction took place in the bottle. It is called Nucleation. All the Carbon Dioxide in the bottle was trying to escape and a geyser was formed. Why not try this experiment at home. You can put a load of Mentos into the Coke bottle and watch the physical reaction occur. Stand back though!