Making Sherbet (Science)

Kia Ora everyone,

Today is an another blog during science. We are going to learn how to make sherbet. 

Aim: I want to find out how to make a Sherbet. 

Research: We had to find 2 different videos that are the experiment and science about sherbet. 

Method:

Equipment: 

• Popsicle sticks 
• Mini red cup
• Baking Soda
• Citric acid 
• Raro (Flavour)
• Paper 

Instruction:

1. Get your equipment ready. 
2. In the paper, you will be given a baking soda, citric acid and raro.
3. Pour a small amount of each ingredients inside the mini red cup.  
4. You have to add each ingredients one by one (You can't put them all at once).
5. Try to get your mixture right, it depends on you on what you should add more or less. (You can have a taste to check)
6. It has to be a little bit bubbly and not too sour. 

Results: 

(During the process of making it, I didn't have time to take a picture but I only had this.)

At first I couldn't get the mixture right because I added too much citric acid which made it really sour, but as soon as I added the baking soda it kinda had no taste and is really dry. I then added the raro, I think it got a little better than before since it wasn't that sour anymore. It took me some time to make it right. I had to add less citric acid and more baking soda with raro. 

Discussion: Why did it foam?

It starts to foam because of the chemical reaction from the baking soda and citric acid. This is what makes them sour. citric acid is a type of chemical that is an acid, some of these are strong and can be dangerous but it doesn't apply for all, some acids are safe. 

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you learnt something new today, goodbye:))