Diet coke and mentos eruptions experiments are a very popular STEM activity for families with younger kids, but if you really want to up your mentos and diet coke game, especially if you’re working with older kids, a soda bottle rocket is the only way to go.
This kind of activity would be the perfect way to celebrate Independence Day or New Year’s at home with friends and family. Turn your bottle of diet coke into a projectile any time of year with your very own at-home physical reaction adventure.
So what is there to be learned from a mentos and diet coke experiment?
CHEMICAL REACTIONSPHYSICAL REACTIONS
To begin construction of your soda and mentos rocket, you will need the following materials:
– PVC pipe– adapter– ball valve– bottles of diet coke (one is empty) – Mentos candie– Good plastic epoxy– Gluing equipment – Drill– Files and sandpaper
1. Take your 1/2 inch PVC pipe and cut it to roughly 6 inches in length.
Building Your DIY Mentos Rocket:
2. Take your 3/4 inch PVC pipe and cut it to roughly 5 inches in length.
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