Diet Coke and Mentos Eruption

Age Group: Any age group!

Total time: 5 minutes (including cleanup!)

Supplies

  • Diet Coke | 1 bottle

  • Original Mentos | At least 1

  • Container for the reaction

Directions

Just drop the Mentos into the bottle of Diet Coke, and make sure to back up a safe distance to watch the explosion! It may make a bit of a mess, so put the bottle in a large container.

Image source ScienceBuddies.org

Image source ScienceBuddies.org