Join us every Thursday at 3 pm MDT for a live-streamed hands-on STEM lab for kids in partnership with Concrete Couch.  This week (June 4) we'll be making a grand and glorious mess with Mentos and Soda!  We will experiment with several variations of this popular experiment, and then follow it up with a baking soda and vinegar challenge!  This hands-on lab is ideal for all kid scientists ages 5-14 (younger kids with adult supervision), but space is limited so sign up soon.  This activity page will help you prepare, but here is what you will need to participate:

• 4 bottles of Diet Coke, or the generic equivalent (any size is fine, but you may want at least 1 2-liter bottle for your biggest explosion!)
• 1 bottle of other diet soda
• 1 tube of Mentos
• 1 container of other candy, so that you can have one handful that is about the same amount as four Mentos
• Baking soda (about 1/2 cup)
• Vinegar (about 1/2 cup)
• Ziplock baggies (quart size)
• a tablespoon
• a partner (most of these experiments work better if you have someone to do it with)

Hope we'll see you Thursday!

For more hands-on STEM activities you can do at home anytime be sure to check out Try Science at Home and our Facebook page (where we post a new activity every day).