This halloween science experiment is sure to delight and amaze kids of all ages! With just a couple simple materials you can make ghost rockets! These film canister rocket project allow kids to see what happens in a simple chemical reaction perfect for October. Try these alka seltzer rockets with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too.
Ghost rockets
These halloween science activity is so much fun, your kids will want to make the flying ghost over and over again! You will love that these ghost rockets are simple to make and teach with a chemistry experiment at the same time as providing halloween activities for children. Try this ghost science with preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler you will want to try these alka-seltzer rocket project.
Film canister rocket
All you need for this outrageously fun activity for October are a few simple materials:
- Film canisters
- Water
- Alka Seltzer tablets
- Black permanent marker.
Alka seltzer rockets
Turn the film canister upside down so the lid is facing down and draw a ghost face on the canister with the black permanent marker. Don’t try using washable or dry erase markers, they will come off when the film canisters get wet.
Ghost science
Now fill the film canisters about ¼-⅓ of the way with water. You don’t need to be exact! Break an Alka Seltzer tablet into 2-3 pieces.
Flying ghost
Drop the Alka Seltzer tablet in the film canister and quickly close the lid. Flip the film canister over, lid down, and stand back.
Halloween science activities
Watch the ghost rocket blast off into the air! They are hard to get pictured when they are flying, but you get the idea! This is such a fun, simple to try science experiment for halloween! It has a good WOW moment and lots of science mixed in too! Try this in your halloween theme or pumpkin theme for October.
Alka-seltzer rocket
Wondering about the science behind the ghost rockets? Just like we saw in the paint bombs activity, when Alka Seltzer mixes with water, CO2 is released. When the film canister cannot hold any more gas, the lid pops off and gas rushes out. This creates the explosion and the force of the gas rushing out causes the ghost rocket to blast off into the air.
Pumpkin Crafts
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- Amazing Spider SLimeSpookley the Square Pumpkin Shape Activity with homemade Pumpkin Playdough
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Pumpkin Science
- Super cute parts of a pumpkin craft to help kids learn the parts of a pumpkin
- Grab this free Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets pack to learn about the life cycle of pumpkins
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- Use your leftover Halloween candy to try some of these candy science experiments, or this water displacement with candy, or this fun candy STEM idea.
October Science Printables
- Grab this free Pumpkin Life Cycle Worksheets pack to learn about the life cycle of pumpkins
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- Super cute, free printable pumpkin addition game
- Fall Addition Sticker Worksheets are a fun, hands-on math worksheet
- Pumpkin Shape Matching Game to practice shape recognition with kids
- Make practicing math fun with this super cute, Pumpkin Patch Math Game
- These fun, reusable pumpkin math worksheets are super cute and make practicing addition fun for kindergartners
- Work on color words with this free pumpkin worksheets for preschoolers
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- Even older students will have fun getting in on the pumpkin theme with these multiplication pumpkin math puzzles
- These order of operation puzzles are another fun pumpkin math activity for older students.
- Practice making shapes with these pumpkin shapes printable playdough mats
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- Work on number bonds to 10 with these pumpkin math worksheets for kindergarten and grade 1
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- Grab these Pumpkin Addition Worksheets for a no prep math activity for young learners
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Pumpkin Printables
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Candy Corn Activities
Looking for more candy corn activities for kids? You will love all these creative ideas!
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