🧪 Science with Sarah: Homemade Boba 🥤

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Hello parents, teachers and students! This tasty science experiment will have your kids understanding food science and chemical changes.

Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesday mornings when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does demonstrations and explains the science behind it.

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HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

  • A scale which can measure to the nearest tenth gram
  • Sodium alginate
  • Calcium chloride
  • A sweet liquid
  • Cup measuring tool
  • A dropper or syringe

DO THE EXPERIMENT

MAKE THE BOBA LIQUID

STEP 1: Using the scale, measure out 2 grams (0.07 oz) of sodium alginate

STEP 2: In the blender combine 2 grams of sodium alginate with 1 cup of a sweet liquid of your choosing (I used Sprite with food coloring!)

STEP 3: Blend well, place liquid into a container and put in the fridge for an hour or overnight. This helps get rid of the bubbles.

MAKING THE BOBA

STEP 1: Using the scale, measure out 2 grams (0.07 oz) of calcium chloride

STEP 2: Mix the 2 grams of calcium chloride with 1 cup of water in a bowl

STEP 3: Fill the other bowl with water

STEP 4: Fill the dropper or syringe the refrigerated Boba liquid from earlier

STEP 5: Carefully drop the Boba liquid into the bowl with calcium chloride

STEP 6: Wait about 1 minute, then use the fork to fish out the formed Boba balls and transfer the Boba into the bowl with water to rinse off the calcium chloride

STEP 7: You’ve made Boba!

SCIENCE WITH SARAH

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