Baking Soda & Vinegar Rockets for Kids with Silly Miss Lily and Paisley! Fun Science Videos for Kids

[00:00:00]Hi friends, it's me, Silly Miss Lily >> and Paisley, >> and we're so excited to learn with you today. Today we're going to make some rockets and then watch them blast off.

[00:00:12]It's going to be so much fun. Come on.

[00:00:14]>> Come on.

[00:00:24][screaming] >> Here's a really fun activity that you can do at home. And all you need is a bottle. We're going to use some paper for decorations. Pencils to make it sturdy. And then some tape to keep it all secure. And then inside, we're going to put vinegar and baking soda. And then as [music] they react together, they're going to blast off. Let's make one together. We're going to use this 2 L bottle. And then when we flip it so it doesn't wobble bobble, we need to put these pencils on the bottom to kind of give it a nice sturdy [music] foundation similar to this one. You can do three pencils or four pencils.

[00:00:58][music] How many would you like to do for this one?

[00:01:02]>> Four.

[00:01:03]>> Four. And then would you like to do silver pencils or gold pencils? [music] >> Gold.

[00:01:07]>> Okay. Let me grab some tape for us. And let's see. We'll tape them each individually first and then we'll secure them. So, we'll put this eraser part.

[00:01:18]It'll be toward the bottom.

[00:01:21]And then you want them all kind of to be the same distance.

[00:01:26]Well, so it becomes even. Let's see. We got one. Get some more tape for us.

[00:01:31][music] Okay. Two. That's going to go on the bottom. It's going to make it really nice and sturdy. Boop. Boop. Boop.

[00:01:37]>> And then here.

[00:01:39]>> Okay. This looks like they're all symmetrical. Let's test it.

[00:01:44]>> Yep. That's off the ground.

[00:01:46]>> Oh, see this one's a little low. [music] Let's lower the pencil so then it can be really sturdy. Okay. How's that?

[00:01:53]>> That looks good.

[00:01:54]>> Okay. Okay. You hold it together. I'm going to tape it all in.

[00:01:57]>> Make the dream work.

[00:01:59]>> That's right.

[00:02:01][music] All right. So, let's see. We're going to do some decorations for the top. Let's start with that.

[00:02:06]>> Okay.

[00:02:07]>> We've got a semicircle, [music] which means half a circle. And then we're going to go connect the ends. So, like these are the edges. We're going to connect them. That's going to create that cone shape that we're going to tape together and adhere to the top. That's going to be the top of our rocket. Okay.

[00:02:24]You want to hold this together? I'll grab the tape. Let's see. Clonk. I also saw [music] a little tip that if you make it kind of like flimsy, not super [music] secured, but it's so come off when it blasts off. It's just going to go pull pull. So, that's an option as well. [music] Is that too silly? Now you're over here. Now you're over there.

[00:02:43][screaming] >> Now [laughter] over here.

[00:02:45]>> Now you're over there.

[00:02:46]>> Now I'm over here.

[00:02:47]>> Now you're over there.

[00:02:48]>> This is so fun.

[00:02:50]>> Wa! Go rock and go. [music] For the triangles, we're going to use squares.

[00:02:54]Fold them and then we'll use the edges of it to tape to Wow. [laughter] Oh my goodness. You had a rocket on your head. All right, hold it in place for me. I'm going to secure one of these triangles. [music] How about we go where the pencils are? One. And let's tape this other part. Two. We made one. Let's add the other three. [music] Two. And >> you're like a super sturdy rocket holder girl. Whoa. Okay. So, these are going to make it more aerodynamic where something flat would [music] keep it like kind of stopping it from going forward. These being so thin like a blade, they're going to help it cut through the [music] air. And here's like a super important part is we need an astronaut to fly in our rocket. [music] >> Let's see if I can find any.

[00:03:44]>> Okay, >> I found one. Ah, look at this astronaut.

[00:03:50]Okay, should [music] we tape astronaut Paisley onto her rocket?

[00:03:54]>> Of course.

[00:03:55]>> I wonder if it'll go to the moon.

[00:03:57]>> I wonder. Here, let's turn it towards Daddyo and then boop boop. Okay, that is looking great. Now that we got our rocket made, [music] we're going to measure out some vinegar to put inside.

[00:04:09]We're going to roll up some baking soda and then we're going to be ready for the blast off. [music] >> [music] >> Mom, I opened up the dyes.

[00:04:23]>> Oh, great job.

[00:04:26]We're going to add that over into the vinegar. And so, our bottles are going to be full of [music] like the colorful vinegar just to make it all kind of really fun. Okay, I grabbed some paper towels.

[00:04:37]>> I've all baking soda.

[00:04:40]>> Here we go.

[00:04:41]>> Here you go.

[00:04:42]>> Thank you.

[00:04:42]>> And let me grab the swim. Okay, perfect.

[00:04:47]>> Can I pour?

[00:04:48]>> Let's see. We're going to need two.

[00:04:50]Let's go with one. We're have different rockets and so we can do different measurements. You want to start with just one or should we go for the two?

[00:04:57]>> Let's [music] start with one.

[00:04:58]>> Okay. We're going to do one tablespoon of baking soda. So, you want to pour it kind of down a line cuz we're going to need to create a tube. And we'll talk about that. That looks great.

[00:05:09]>> Silly wind.

[00:05:12]Okay. So, we'll get it into a line.

[00:05:16]>> That looks pretty much like a good line.

[00:05:18]>> That looks great. So, what [music] we're going to do is kind of fold it and then gently roll it. And you want to roll it as thinly as you can cuz you want it to be able to fit into [music] the bottle. We're going to be putting it in. And this is like a little sleeping bag for our baking soda. Let's tap this in. We'll fold this over. And then let's secure it with our tape to keep it close. create like a little capsule, a little sleeping bag for our baking soda. And you know how the paper towel is absorbent.

[00:05:49]>> So after a while, the vinegar will start breaking it down and then it'll all come out, creating the reaction. [music] Now, we're going to add the vinegar into the baking soda. Later, as we [music] put the baking soda into the vinegar, the two ingredients will create a reaction. And so together, they're actually gonna make something called carbon dioxide, which together will [music] show up as many, many bubbles.

[00:06:12]It's going to create so so many bubbles, it's going to start filling up the bottle so much that it's going to create pressure. And after a while, there's [music] going to be too many bubbles.

[00:06:21]They're going to press on down onto the cork, making the cork come out from the bottle, causing the bottle to blast off.

[00:06:29]Okay, girl. So, next thing we're going to do is measure out two cups of vinegar. You want to hold this for me?

[00:06:36]Okay.

[00:06:36]>> Okay.

[00:06:40]Okay. Should we [music] make it turn a color in here and then pour it in?

[00:06:44]>> Yes.

[00:06:44]>> Okay. So, I only have yellow, blue, red, and green. How can I make purple?

[00:06:49]>> If we mix these [music] two colors, that makes purple.

[00:06:52]>> Let's go for it.

[00:06:52]>> A little drop of that and a drop of blue.

[00:06:57]Drop of red. A drop of blue. And I can see some blue when I stir it.

[00:07:07][music] >> First, we'll pour this in.

[00:07:09]>> Oh, do we need the funnel?

[00:07:11]>> We put a funnel in >> just to [music] help.

[00:07:12]>> Yeah, why not?

[00:07:13]>> I think I'll help you.

[00:07:14]>> I think so, too. Okay, you hold it in place. Okay.

[00:07:16]>> Mhm.

[00:07:19]>> Here's a quick >> Perfect.

[00:07:21]>> Okay, Mom. I'll step back a little.

[00:07:23]>> Okay. You feel ready? So, let's talk about it. Right now, we have the vinegar in here. This had our baking soda. As we lower it in, we're going to plug it up with our cork [music] gently. Like you want it tight enough to stop the liquid when I flip it, but loose enough so it can pop off still. And then so [music] baking soda in, cork in, flip back up, and ready for the launch. You ready?

[00:07:46]>> Oh, you know what? Let me set up our little slow motion camera cuz I want to make sure we can get [music] that blast off. You want to hold this for me real quick?

[00:07:52]>> Of course.

[00:07:52]>> Okay, >> so we've got vinegar's dye in there.

[00:07:55]Mom's going to put her vinegar, her baking soda in and then it'll blast off.

[00:08:01]>> Okay, girl. You ready?

[00:08:02]>> Mhm.

[00:08:03]>> I'm going to put this in.

[00:08:06]Cork it.

[00:08:09]Flip it.

[00:08:10]>> I'm going back to the fence now.

[00:08:12]>> Here's our blastoff astronaut. Let's go back here.

[00:08:17]>> Everything's going to absorb for a little bit. And then once it pops the packet, the baking soda will start [music] doing its job. Okay. What's taking you so long?

[00:08:26]>> I guess once we start seeing the foam, let me come in and get these paper towels out of the way cuz we'll need I see the opening of where the baking soda is. The tape is up.

[00:08:35]>> Why is it blasting off?

[00:08:37]>> I think our [music] tape secured it so well. Okay, so it's taking a little bit.

[00:08:42]So, let's take a peek. Looks like our vinegar isn't getting to the baking soda cuz the tape is protecting it. It's starting to bubble up. Let's see if we can help it a little. Here we go. Now we're loosening up the tape.

[00:08:53]>> Okay, I'll step back.

[00:08:54]>> Let's step back. Let's see if we can shake that baking soda [music] out.

[00:09:03][laughter] >> Didn't blast off, but it did blast.

[00:09:07]>> It definitely blasted. [laughter] We learned a few things. Let's try again. Let's do another one. We're going to do same amount of vinegar, a little bit more baking soda, less paper towel.

[00:09:19]>> Yeah, >> let's try it again for a second time.

[00:09:21]That was so surprising.

[00:09:22]>> At least [music] we've learned what we need to do.

[00:09:26]>> Yes. Okay. Let's try this again. Okay.

[00:09:28]>> With another rocket.

[00:09:29]>> Yes.

[00:09:32]All right, [music] girl. Now, we're going to need some red vinegar. So, I'm going to pour it in two cups again. So, now we're going to do two spoons of baking soda and a little less >> less paper towel and less tape.

[00:09:44]>> I agree.

[00:09:45]>> Red [music] enough, do you think?

[00:09:46]>> Oh, yeah. That's going to be a little >> I'll do it a little stir again, >> girl. Give it.

[00:09:50]>> That looks good.

[00:09:51]>> Two tablespoons.

[00:09:54]>> I was so surprised by that blast off. It really just kind of when it happens, it [music] happens quick.

[00:09:59]>> Now we know a lot.

[00:10:00]>> Now we know so much. And Kate, first time it didn't work out, right? And that's okay. Cuz that's such [music] an opportunity for us to learn, go back to the plan of going, hey, what do we fix?

[00:10:11]What do [music] we change better? Okay, so this we're going to keep up. So none of it pours out right now. We're ready for [music] the next blast off, for the next launch. Are you ready?

[00:10:21]>> Yeah. I'll I'll Can I do the pouring this time?

[00:10:24]>> You hold this in.

[00:10:25]>> Okay.

[00:10:27]This is heavy, but I can do it.

[00:10:30]>> Yes.

[00:10:33]Look at our rocket.

[00:10:36]Okay. [music] So, this time when we flip, it's going to go fast, we think.

[00:10:39]Right. So, let's make sure we're super ready. [gasps] >> Ready.

[00:10:43]>> I think this is going [music] to go fast. So, I want to be ready. Hurry, hurry.

[00:10:47]>> Okay, here we go.

[00:10:53][laughter] >> Let's watch >> now. Be patient. Now, we're going to wait.

[00:10:58]>> Mom, this time if you don't get soaked again, let's just try to stay back.

[00:11:04]>> I like that. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 >> Blast off.

[00:11:23][laughter] It went all the way to the roof of the house.

[00:11:33]It was It went all the way up to your window and then it started going down down down and landed right here. This is where it landed. Cutie, look. This is how This is how far it went. [music] It went all the way up to the roof and then landed this way. Let's make another one.

[00:11:49]>> Let's blast off my pink one now.

[00:11:51]>> What about when it just went? It really does. That pressure builds up in there and then it just erupts.

[00:11:57]>> Yay.

[00:11:58]>> Okay, let's do your pink one.

[00:11:59]>> We've learned so much.

[00:12:01]>> We've learned so much. [music] Okay, let's talk about the things we're finding helpful. Oh, here's the packet of it. And this is when it finally rips open and the baking soda and the vinegar make contact. Make that reaction. It pops. Okay, let's make another one.

[00:12:13]Let's pick a color.

[00:12:14]>> I thought it set it down on there. But let's [music] just put it here. Could you hold it? I think I've learned the measurement.

[00:12:20]>> Okay, you tell me.

[00:12:21]>> See, I think it goes up to there, right?

[00:12:24]>> Yeah. You see that? Two cups. [music] >> Yeah, the Okay, I think I am ready. Mom, I think I can do it. Could you all hold it this way for me and unscrew that for me? But I've got this. Three baking sodas or two baking. [music] >> We can go for a three for your pink one.

[00:12:40]>> Okay.

[00:12:41]>> Okay. Okay. So, we're going to do same thing, but a little different. So, we're [music] going to keep vinegar amount the same. We're going to actually increase the baking soda one more time to the 3 tablespoon.

[00:12:54]>> I need to do a little bit, just a splash more. Now, it's right at the line. Okay, that's perfect.

[00:13:00]>> And then how was um what color did you want to do for this one?

[00:13:04]>> I think I'll choose [music] I want to see what happens if I put blue, red, yellow, and green all [music] together. Some blue, red, green, and yellow. [music] Just a drop.

[00:13:19]Okay, I made black.

[00:13:21]>> There you go. So, lots of all the colors mixed together. Black. Okay, now we'll pour this in.

[00:13:30]>> Nice job. Here we go. Here we go.

[00:13:33]>> That's one.

[00:13:34]>> Perfect.

[00:13:36]>> Two. [music] Dab more of this. Now I leveled it out.

[00:13:42]>> That looks great. Okay, we're going to roll roll this boat. [music] Fold it up a little bit. And then I think we're ready to lower [music] it and blast it. Okay.

[00:13:54]>> Ready.

[00:13:54]>> Okay. So, we're going to do a 3 tablebsp of baking soda into the vinegar. [music] >> I'm ready for another huge explosion.

[00:14:02]Go, mommy. You can do it.

[00:14:06]>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. BLAST OFF.

[00:14:19]>> Blast off.

[00:14:20]>> Blast off.

[00:14:21]>> Do that crawl over there. FLY.

[00:14:23][screaming] [cheering] >> I did not miss that.

[00:14:35]Woo!

[00:14:38]That was cool >> indeed. I did see a crow over there.

[00:14:42]>> Nice.

[00:14:44]>> Let's do a really, really big one this time. Let's use our green one. So, let's see.

[00:14:48]>> And let's do four baking sodas.

[00:14:50]>> And see, we're going to pour this in.

[00:14:51]I'm going to have you add the green.

[00:14:53]Okay.

[00:14:53]>> Mhm.

[00:14:54]>> Here I go.

[00:14:55]>> And then mix it in. And I'll make our little paper towel packet.

[00:15:02]>> I added three drops. It's dark green.

[00:15:05]>> That's going to be so cool.

[00:15:06]>> Mom, I'm ready to pour it.

[00:15:08]>> Are you? Okay. Give me a second, cutie.

[00:15:11]Three.

[00:15:12]>> I've got the green rocket blast off.

[00:15:15]Woo.

[00:15:17]>> Okay, let's fill this up. You ready, cutie?

[00:15:19]>> Mhm.

[00:15:20]>> Okay. I'm doing drop by drop.

[00:15:22]>> Mhm.

[00:15:24]>> Okay, we're going to go super big. Okay, we've [music] got four tablespoons of baking soda. We've got our vinegar in.

[00:15:31]Let's put it in. [music] >> I'm ready.

[00:15:35]>> Okay, perfect.

[00:15:36]>> I'm just saying hi. Hi.

[00:15:38]>> Hi. Okay, here we go. [music] 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 [screaming] 2 1 [laughter] [screaming] [music] TREES. Come on.

[00:16:12]in the tree it up there. No way. I'm not even tall enough to get there. Look at this.

[00:16:21][screaming] >> This is wild. I got a big stick. Hold on, I hold you. You hold the stick. Okay. I'm going to pick you up.

[00:16:27]Okay. You see it up there?

[00:16:29]>> Yeah.

[00:16:29]>> We're going straight up.

[00:16:30]>> Pick me up like you normally do.

[00:16:33]>> Okay. Oh, we're so close. Stay together.

[00:16:37]It's coming out. IT'S COMING OUT.

[00:16:38][screaming] We got it. You want to pick it up?

[00:16:43]>> How about we do another one?

[00:16:46]>> Wow.

[00:16:47]>> Let's do another one. [music] Was that was that four?

[00:16:50]>> Yeah.

[00:16:51]>> Let's do another with five big.

[00:16:53]>> Let's do >> I wonder how much this one will go.

[00:16:57]>> That was so wild.

[00:17:00]>> Since this is going to be our last one, we're [music] going to do it super duper big and we're going to do five tablespoon of baking soda. So, [music] we've kept the vinegar amount the same in each of the bottles, but we've increased uh the baking soda amount. So, [music] with each one, explosions have been bigger and bigger and bigger. I don't even know where this one's going to go. Jupiter >> uh at the top of that tree over there.

[00:17:23]>> That's the biggest tree in our yard.

[00:17:25]That'd be wild. I guess if you set it on like a ram to give it direction which way to [music] go, you can really kind of aim it in the specific area. That's kind of what they did with cannons. like the tube of the cannon [music] points it in the direction you want the cannonball to go. Okay, so I'm going to put these two here. So, we need [music] three more. Feel like if I had a little taco holder to hold this in place, it'd really be prime. Plus, I'd have a taco holder.

[00:17:49]>> Three, four, and five.

[00:17:55]>> Nice. Okay, [music] I really like this activity because not only is it a sensory activity with like playing with the baking soda, the vinegar, we're playing with the colors and watching it change. Creating the rocket is like a cool craft. We're learning science. It's fun. So, it's like all things in one.

[00:18:13]>> I like the feeling of baking. So, >> you do? It's kind of cool. It's different than like sand or flour even.

[00:18:19]Right. Okay, we're ready. You want to pour it in? Tilt it and then just let it gently pour. Pour. Pour. four.

[00:18:27]Keep it going. Keep touching it. Girl, look at that pretty color you mixed. All right, that's going to be [music] fantastic.

[00:18:37]>> I'll help you.

[00:18:38]>> Thank you.

[00:18:38]>> I'm here.

[00:18:39]>> Thank you, sweet girl.

[00:18:41]>> Oh, but when it goes in, I'll back up.

[00:18:43]>> Okay. You ready?

[00:18:44]>> Yeah.

[00:18:45]>> Okay. Okay. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

[00:18:49]>> I'm ready.

[00:18:54]>> Run. 5 4 3 2 1 blast off.

[00:19:06][music] >> I [screaming] >> That was hard.

[00:19:19]>> Did you see how high it went? Let's go find it. Ah, it went behind our apple tree. So, we had a few different ones, right? The first one didn't work for a while and [music] we had to figure some things out. The second one went to the roof of our house. The third one got stuck in a tree. The fourth one, I think, went all the way up and then down. And then this one went all the way up, all the way over and down. And I'm kind of glad that we mixed in the [music] dye into the vinegar cuz then the like the foam that was coming out was a cool color. I love this activity so much. I'm so glad we got to do this.

[00:19:55][screaming] I'm so happy about this. I I really want to just like do more and more rockets.

[00:20:00]Wow, this was so much fun. And you know what? We learned a lot cuz the first one [music] didn't really work, right?

[00:20:06]>> Yeah. So, we had to take a look at the problem, see what we needed to fix. We were like real scientists.

[00:20:12]>> YEAH. A [screaming] I love doing this rocket experiment with you. Well, this is the end of this video, but if you're [music] looking for more of our videos, make sure to search for Paisley's Corner. That's silly Miss Lily >> and Paisley.

[00:20:26]>> And we'll see you then. [screaming] Bye-bye.

[00:20:30]>> Bye-bye.

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