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Activity

Chocolate Thunder

A student with visual impairments tested how dish soap affects the way in which chocolate dissolves during a baking soda and vinegar reaction.

This science experiment by students at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired examines how dish soap affects the way in which chocolate dissolves during a baking soda and vinegar reaction.

Question:

Will dish soap cause chocolate to dissolve during the vinegar and baking soda reaction?

Hypothesis:

Adding dish soap to the reaction will cause the chocolate to dissolve more.

Materials

Procedure

  1. Gather all materials
  2. Label 2 of the bowls – No soap
  3. Label 2 of the bowls – with soap
  4. Prepare the timer
  5. Measure 30 mL baking soda into each bowl
  6. Put one piece of chocolate in each bowl
  7. Add 5 mL of dish soap to 2 of the bowls
  8. Prepare timer
  9. Add 10 mL of vinegar to each bowl
  10. Time 3 min 
  11. Compare the 2 bowls with dish soap with the 2 bowls without dish soap

Data

Conclusion

The dish soap caused the chocolate to dissolve. The hypothesis was correct.

NGSS Standards:

By Laura Hospitál

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