Snowstorm in a Jar

Fourth class did an experiment called 'snowstorm in a jar'. We wrote out our method and materials in our copies to link with our genre of procedural writing in English. We used baby oil, water, alka seltzers, glitter and paint for this experiment. This experiment works for a few reasons. Because oil is less dense than water, the water will naturally sink to the bottom of the jar. When the Alka-Seltzer is dropped into the jar, its interaction with the water creates pressure in an upward direction, and the oil pushes it back down. This pressure back and forth is part of what creates the snowstorm. The other element is the interaction between water and sodium bicarbonate in the Alka-Seltzer, which generates carbon dioxide gas.