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Introduction

This experiment is a simple and easy way to demonstrate to kids the reaction between an acid and a base. When a citric acid reacts to red...

How to set up an experiment

An experiment must be fair to get accurate results. To ensure our experiments are fair we use the scientific method. In the scientific...

Chemical Reactions

What is a chemical reaction? A chemical change is when two or more things react to each other and produce something new. What are the...

Acids and Bases

What are acids and bases? Bases and acids are chemicals that are found in many things like the food we are using in this experiment. We...

Experiment time!

Our experiment is to investigate the rates of reaction when we use different citric acid amounts with red cabbage. We will be timing how...

Written version of experiment details

Materials needed: 1 cup chopped red cabbage 20ml lemon (fresh) 20ml orange juice (fresh) One Berocca tablet 150ml water Kettle Strainer...

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