Baking Soda is also known as Sodium Bicarbonate.Due to its abrasive and cleaning properties it is used as a raising agent in baking, as a household cleaner and in a number of other ways.
My 10 uses of baking soda are:
Treat heartburn
Mouthwash
Soothe canker sores
Deodorant
May improve exercise performance
Relieve itchy skin and sunburns
May slow the progression of chronic kidney disease
Neutralize fridge odors
Air freshener
Kitchen cleaner
We need to write down our equipment and the steps we will go through to make our sherbet.
Once we have completed the materials and steps we can make sherbet.
While you are eating your sherbet you can answer the 5 questions at the end.
Equipment:
sugar
Baking soda
Raro crystals
citric acid
tartaric acid
Steps
1.Add the baking soda sugar and acid together in a bowl
2. Add the Raro crystals and the tartaric acid together
3. add all the ingerdeints together
4. Mix it well together and eat it. No comment
Recipe:
1 teaspoon of powdered drink crystals (eg Raro)
1/4 teaspoon of citric acid
1 teaspoon of Icing Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda.
Findings:
1. Which two ingredients in the sherbet are involved in the chemical reaction?
2. Which ingredients are not involved?
3. Can you think of any other chemical reactions that might happen in the kitchen?
4. Which ingredient is an acid?
5. Which ingredient is a base?