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November 12, 2022
Amazing Lemon Volcano Science Experiment for Kids

Amazing Lemon Volcano Science Experiment for Kids

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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!

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!

lemon volcano science experiment

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

Erupting lemon volcano

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.

Acid Base Chemical Reaction

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.

Fun Summer Activities for Kids

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.

H3C6H5O7 (aq) + 3NaHCO3 (s) → 3CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l) + Na3C6H5O7 (aq)

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 Experiment Explanation

Lemon volcano science experiment

H3C6H5O7 (aq) + 3NaHCO3 (s) → 3CO2 (g) + 3H2O (l) + Na3C6H5O7 (aq)

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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!

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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    Just starting homeschooling my daughter in kindergarten

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