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Color Changing Juice

March 18, 2014 by OneMommy

 

 

We’ve had fun in the past with baking soda and vinegar, even creating mini volcanoes with the mixture.  This time around I decided to put a slightly different twist on it.

We  “magically” changed the color of grape juice!

 

baking soda and grape juice experiment from There's Just One Mommy

 

We had 2 different types of grape juice in the pantry:  white grape with strawberry and regular dark grape juice.

 

We started with the white grape and strawberry juice.

I let each of them taste the juice before hand.  Then I reminded them what happens when you mix an acid (like vinegar) with a base (baking soda).  Finally, I asked them to make some predictions about what would happen if we mixed the juice and a tablespoon of baking soda together.

They were hoping for some serious fizz action!

We were a little disappointed.  There was not much of a reaction at all.

I let them each taste the juice with the baking soda — THAT got a reaction!

 

Next we tried the dark grape juice.

Again, I let each of them taste the juice beforehand and we made some predictions.

This time the reaction was much more exciting!

making grape juice change colors

 

As you can see in the picture, the juice fizzed a bit and went from a reddish color to a dark blue.

They were so excited!

Of course, the preschooler just had to try the juice…   His face was priceless!  (It was definitely salty and as he so eloquently put it, “Yuck!”)

 

Just why does the grape juice change color?

The juice acts like a pH indicator.  It will change to a blue color when a base is added (like baking soda) and to a red color with an acid.

I’m thinking next time we may try to change it back by adding vinegar or lemon juice, but at this point in our experiment my preschooler and kindergartner were ready to find new adventures.

 

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Comments

  1. Cassie says

    March 19, 2014 at 4:36 am

    Looks like fun! My son is really into changing the color of liquids right now so this will be a fun activity to try with him!

  2. Jo says

    March 21, 2014 at 8:53 am

    This will be a great addition to our science time. Thanks!

    • OneMommy says

      March 26, 2014 at 10:13 pm

      Enjoy! 🙂

  3. Gentle Joy says

    March 21, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    This is fun for kids…….mine love this kind of thing. Good idea. Thank you for sharing. Gentle Joy

  4. Sherri says

    March 24, 2014 at 9:56 am

    This is so neat! Who knew! I will have to do this with my daughter for science work. Thanks for sharing at The Mommy Club Link Up.

    • OneMommy says

      March 26, 2014 at 10:19 pm

      I hope you both enjoy it as much as we did! (And, if she tries it afterwards, make sure to get that face on picture!)

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