Kid-Friendly Elephant’s Toothpaste

This is a children's version of the popular explosive toothpaste demo using easy-to-find materials. A child with a wonderful adult assistant can make this safe and the result is wonderful

The next step is to prepare a child-friendly catalyst by mixing the entire dry yeast package with 4 cups of very warm water with a small plastic cup. Stir the mixture with a spoon. If the mixture is too dense or mushy, add a small amount of warm water to dilute

This is an interesting part. Pour the yeast mixture into the bottle and observe what happened. It may take several seconds to react, but the result is worth the wait

Once done, it is safe to discard all demonstration materials in the trash can or drop it into a waste pipe.

As with explosive toothpaste for adults, yeast functions as a catalyst to release oxygen molecules from hydrogen peroxide. The oxygenated bubbles that make up the bubbles are actually the remaining part that occurs when hydrogen peroxide is broken down into water (H 2 O) and oxygen (O 2). Since it is an exothermic reaction that releases energy in the form of heat, the bottle feels warm when touched

Make elephant toothpaste is an easy and enjoyable scientific experiment that you can do with your child or laboratory students at your home. As a result of chemical reaction, a large amount of bleeding will be generated. Foam movement looks like a toothpaste released from a tube and the amount of foam is usually enough for an elephant to brush its teeth. Pour the yeast mixture through the 3 funnel into the bottle. Quickly retract the funnel and remove it. You can pour your child into yeast, but if they are young, keep them in their arms so that the bottles will not overflow. To ensure stability, use a short bandwidth base. Please confirm that the neck is thin to enhance the effect

Foam is made when dishwashing detergent catches small oxygen bubbles generated by chemical reactions occurring in the bottle. When toothpaste is squeezed out of the tube, thick foam will seep from the top of the bottle and look like toothpaste. This activity is called "elephant toothpaste" because many bubbles look like toothpaste, a big enough elephant! When a chemical consisting of only one molecule is broken down into two different smaller molecules, it is called a decomposition reaction. This special decomposition reaction is also an "exothermic" reaction, which means it will heat up. If you feel the side of the bottle, the plastic should feel very warm

Elephant toothpaste is a foam substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by using potassium iodide as a catalyst. The rate at which the reaction proceeds will depend on the concentration of hydrogen peroxide. This is a popular experiment done by children at school and parties, as it only requires a small amount of ingredients and becomes "bubble volcano"; this experiment is also known as "marshmallow experiment"