Have you ever heard of a lemon volcano? Kids are going to love this fun, creative,volcano experiment that screams summer! This simple lemon volcano experiment is perfect for curious kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. All you need are a few simple materials to make some amazing erupting lemon volcanos!
Lemon volcano experiment
This science project is perfect to use up lemons after you’ve made a battery lemon! And I love reusing supplies! So we took our basic baking soda and vinegar reaction we use to make the fun chemical reaction to errupts volcano experiments and moved it into a lemon. This lemon volcano is such a fun summer science experiment that takes a fun summer fruit and turns it into a summer science activity for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students. Plus, this lemon volcano scienc experiment is quick, easy, and WAY COOL!
Volcano experiment for kids
All you need are a few simple materials to make this fun exploding volcano project for summer:
- lemons
- craft stick
- cutting board
- knife
- liquid food coloring
- dish soap
- baking soda
Lemon volcano experiment worksheet
Start by rolling your lemons to get the juice loosened up. Now cut off the top third and discard. Poke around the inside of the lemon with a craft stick to get those juices flowing. Set as many lemons as you want to errupt on a large tray or plate. If they don’t stand up, make sure to slice just a little off the bottom so they are nice and steady.
Lemon Science Experiment
Add a several drops of food coloring to each lemon. We like to mix it up so the erruption will make lots of pretty colors that will mingle with one another on the tray. So red, orange, blue, purple, teal, pink, etc. And of course we need a yellow – this is a yellow lemon experiment!
Now add in a good squirt of dish soap. We used clear dish soap so as not to affect the color.
Finally dump a heaping tablespoon of baking soda on the opening of each lemon.
Lemon volcano experiment questions
The lemons will start fizzing a little as the baking soda and lemon juice react chemically, but to really get these summer volcanos rocking and rolling take your craft stick and poke around to mix it all up some more. Sit back and watch as the colorful erupting lemons do their thing and delight your young scientists.
Lemon volcano experiment explanation
If you are familiar with the classic volcanos science experiment you are probably wondering – where’s the vinegar? Well, this experiment shows kids a chemistry reaction between an acid and a base which results in the release of Carbon Dioxide (also known as CO2). In this lemon experiment the lemon juice (which is filled with citric acid) served as the acid so we had no need for vinegar! So if the acid is lemon and the base is baking soda, why did we have soap in there? Glad you asked. The dish soap helps capture the gas that is released in the chemical reaction so we can see it as bubbles. And just in case you want to see the chemical equation – here you go!
Lemon volcano science experiment
H3C6H5O7 (aq) + 3NaHCO3 (s) → 3CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l) + Na3C6H5O7 (aq)
Summer Fun
Looking for more outdoor activities for kids and things to do in the summer? Your toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and elementary age kids will love these fun ideas to keep them busy all summer long:
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Fruit Activities for Kids
Looking for more fruit printable activities? You may want to check these out:
- Free Printable ABC Fruits and Vegetables Book for Kids to color and learn
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Fruit Activity
- 🍓 Strawberry Playdough Fruit Activity
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