Stomach Acid Demonstration

Friday is always a fun day to do science experiments. Today we explored what happens to food when it drops into our stomach. To recreate this event visibly, we created a stomach acid demonstration with water, food coloring, and Alkazeltzer. The take away message was understanding that food gets broken down and dissolved in our stomach acid fluids, to eventually be absorbed as nutrients and energy, or discharged as waste.

Some of the Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines targeted include: 

• Receptive English Language: The ability to comprehend or understand the English language. 
• Scientific Skills and Method: The skills to observe and collect information and use it to ask questions, predict, explain, and draw conclusions. 
• Cooperation: an interest and engagement in group experiences.