Hello everyone. Welcome back
to wake up Charlotte weekend.
It is the last Sunday
of the month, but I can't even talk
today, last night of the month,
and it's science Sunday and this is
the first one. That's my first
science Sunday. I am honored
to be here and I'm excited.
I'm glad that you are.
So today we're making snowstorms in a jar.
So my thought process behind this
was we haven't seen snow yet in 2023.
People are, sadly and because today
is kind of a nasty day to get outside,
at least at times, maybe a good thing
that you could do inside with the kids.
So. Basically, what we're going to be
doing is we're going to be adding oil,
water and paint to this food coloring.
Yeah. And then paint to this jar.
So I'm going to walk you through it.
OK. So the First things first,
I already put mine together because
I want us to do them together.
So you have water in here.
It's a cup. OK. Yes. So the cup next,
you're going to add the paint.
It's about a teaspoon.
And this will all be on our WCNC
Charlotte website, if you guys want to.
Is that enough? Yeah.
I added a little bit extra for
you just in case some of it got
caught in the little thing.
I did a little.
So. Yeah.
So basically.
Because this is kind of a 12
punch with science experiment.
So because of the liquid
density of the paint,
that's gonna fall much closer
to the bottom of your jar.
And then what I want you
to do next is add the oil.
So that's the clear stuff.
So I use baby oil just because I
didn't want the yellow cooking oil
to kind of mess up the coloring.
But if you have cooking oil instead
of baby oil, you can definitely do it.
So yes, you pretty much want,
once you add the oil,
for it to get close to the top of the jar.
So now you can see the oil
settling close to the top.
Now because it's clear.
I was like,
OK,
this is making it a little bit.
There for like kids to see the
difference to now add the food
coloring and what it's going to
do is the food coloring is going
to mix with the water and it will
take maybe a second to settle.
So the paint's really dense, right?
So it's much closer to the bottom.
Then you'll have the food coloring
and the water kind of in the
middle and then you can see much
clearer now that the cooking oil
is sitting right on the top.
Obviously eventually it's going
to mix better and it'll look
a little bit more like mine.
So that's kind of science experiment
explanation for the kids,
number one as the different
density of sub liquids,
but the second is going to be what
happens when you add a chemical reaction.
Before we get there,
just to give it a little extra.
Chloe,
I want you to add a little bit of glitter
to the top when you say a little bit.
Not this whole thing.
No.
Like,
you see,
I only did a lot of a
lot of it.
And I'm gonna add some of this color.
Yeah, we just wanna be nice and nice.
Just make it beautiful.
So then the second part of the experiment,
other than the liquid density,
is what happens when you add.
Alka seltzer tablets.
So Alka Seltzer tablets are
made-up of acids and bases.
And basically what happens is that
when it reacts with the water,
it will create those bubbles.
If you've ever put out a seltzer in a cup,
you know what I mean?
And it's because it releases carbon dioxide,
and that's going to be our snowstorm.
So you're right.
So half together we're gonna do half
just to kind of see what happens
and we'll add the other half, OK.
OK, it's a little slow to start.
Well, this is live TV for you.
What's
gonna happen? So it's starting to
develop a little bit on the bottom.
Let's add tablet #2. OK, and I did it up.
There it goes. See how it's kind
of creating the bubble? Yeah.
OK. So I'm actually let's open a
little bit more just cause I think
it'll be and then we're going rogue.
We're adding more kind of why I
got extras just to kind of see.
But this is kind of the idea,
you know, behind it for the kids.
It's like the more you add the more carbon
dioxide you know is going to continue.
And this is kind of the
idea behind the snowstorm.
See how it's kind of like creating the
bubbles and pushing them to start up.
And I think what's cool too is then you add.
More and then you can even put the top on.
That's why I wanted to get
these jars that had the lid,
because if you put it on,
because it's carbon dioxide will
get trapped and will actually
shake it up a little bit more.
And look at that. Wow,
this is definitely fun to do with the kids.
And you can kind of talk to them just about
the different chemical experiments and stuff.
Now here's a little tip is don't leave
the jar on for too long because what
will eventually happen is because,
you know, carbon dioxide is a gas.
Is that trapped? And then catching.
But you can see it's a little
bit slow depending on how much
Alka seltzer you put in here.
But still a fun little thing to do on
the weekends with the kiddos. Yeah.
Perfect for a day like today when
we're gonna have some drizzle. Yes.
So happy science Sunday, everyone.
We'll be right back talking
about the weather forecast.