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Antacid Tablet Race

Experiment 2

Team Members:




  1. Empty the jars from the first experiment. Put warm water in one jar and cold in the other.

  2. Measure the temperature of the first jar. Predict how long it will take for a tablet to dissolve. Drop a tablet in the jar. Shade in the clock face for the actual number of minutes and seconds it took to complete the reaction.

  3. Measure the temperature of the second jar. Predict how long it will take for a tablet to dissolve in the water. Drop a tablet in the jar. Shade in the clock face for the actual number of minutes and seconds it took to complete the reaction.
Describe what happened in the experiment and why.





How can you apply the results from these experiments to improve rocket performance?





Jar 1 Results

Your prediction in seconds:      
drawing of stop watch

Jar 2 Results

Your prediction in seconds:      
drawing of stop watch

 
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