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Bouncing Beans Activity for Kids

July 26, 2016 by Ann Leave a Comment

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This bouncing beans activity is an easy and educational activity that your kids will love!
Bouncing Beans Activity for Kids- Make a jar full of bouncing beans with this easy tutorial. It is a fun and education activity for kids of all ages!

This Bouncing Beans Activity for Kids is fun and engaging for kids, but can also be used as an educational activity for multiple age groups. It would be a great activity if you have kids of different ages because you can easily make it educational for so many ages – and who doesn’t like watching beans bounce!

For preschoolers, you can use it to talk about the letter “B” and how “B” is for “bean” and “bounce”.

For early elementary schools kids, it makes a great science activity. You can ask them to guess what bean is going to bounce the most, explain why they think it will bounce, and then see what actually happens.

For older elementary kids, you can have them record their hypothesis and observations in a science notebook and talk about how the reaction produces carbon dioxide bubbles that push the beans up as they escape into the air outside the jar.

Bouncing Beans Activity for Kids

Supplies:
  • 16 ounce glass mason jars
  • dry beans
  • water
  • white vinegar
  • baking soda

Bouncing beans activity - supplies

Directions:
1. The ratio in my jar was: 1 cup water, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1 Tablespoon baking soda. Once you add the baking soda, it will overflow. While this is fun to watch, it is best to do this over a towel!
Bouncing beans activity - add baking soda
2. Then add beans and watch! You can use any kind of beans, but using a mix allows your children to guess and see which beans rise most quickly.
Bouncing beans activity - drop beans in the jar
The beans will sink when you put them in the jar, then rise; some will fall and others will bounce.
 Bouncing Beans Activity- jar of beans
  The whole activity takes just minutes, but it is packed with opportunities for learning!

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Thanks to Kari of Craft Create Cook for sharing her tutorial and pictures with us.

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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