Snowflake Baking Soda Science Set Up

No season or holiday is complete without some baking soda science activities. We havewhole year of fizzing, bubbling eruptions! Here it is a snowflake search and baking soda science experiment all in one. I took a baking dish and put all my little snowflake buttons, gems and confetti on the bottom. Then I covered them all with baking soda. I set out a bowl of vinegar that I colored blue. To help in the search I provided him with an eye dropper, tweezers and an ice-cube tray. He went and got his magnifying glass.

Snowflake Baking Soda Science Observation skills

A magnifying glass has become a staple with our science projects greatly. I love it because it means he is able to slow down and look and think about what he is doing. He has a few more questions and he notices a few more things. This snowflake baking soda science experiment was no exception. He loved watching the bubbles but he also noticed the difference in the snowflakes and counted their sides. Obviously there were only 3 different snowflakes, but we could still talk about uniqueness and sides of a snowflake just the same

Snowflake Baking Soda Science Experiment Play

He loves this type of dropper and it’s great for fine motor skills too! It’s a bit harder to manage than a traditional dropper so I like that he has to go a bit slower and think about what he is doing a little more! He spent a lot of time depositing the vinegar around the baking dish and uncovering the “snow” covered snowflakes. He loves the fizzing action and will spend a lot of time making sure he uses all the vinegar and making all the baking soda fizz and bubble!

Snowflake Baking Soda Science Fine Motor Skills

To extend the snowflake baking soda science activity just a little bit more, I had him use his tweezers and place a snowflake in each section of the ice-cube tray! Even though it was a science experiment, there are so many valuable skills that can be learned and practiced. He counted all his snowflakes!