1 st period Science Project
Problem Statement: Can I mix an acid and a base to get a neutral solution?
Background information: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/react_acidbase.html
http://www.ducksters.com/science/acids_and_bases.php
http://www.neok12.com/Acids-and-Bases.htm
(first 3 videos) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWtX5-OPrLM http://cilie-yack.org/sousclubcurriculum/100-unit-3/145-experiment-acids-bases.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM http://www.doscience.com/act_archive/home_activities/cabbage_juice/cabbage_juice2.html
Title of webpage: Chem4Kids.com
Title of Article: Acids and Bases Are Everywhere
Date: 1997-2013
Web address: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/react_acidbase.html
5 facts
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Every liquid you see will probably have either acidic or basic traits
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When you put baking soda in water it creates a basic solution
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Vinegar is an acid
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A chemist named Svante Arrhenius came up with a way to define acids and bases in 1887
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Water can be an acid or a base
Title of webpage: Youtube
Title of article: Acids and Bases Champions Science Adventures (video)
Web address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWtX5-OPrLM
5 facts
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The man poured an indicator into acids and they changed colors. Then he poured a base and the colors changed.

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Invisible ink is a acid and you can use a base to remove it
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Bases are slippery like soap
Title of webpage: Ducksters
Title of article: Acids and Bases
Web address: http://www.ducksters.com/science/acids_and_bases.php
Date: 10/2013
5 facts
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Ammonia is a base
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Car batteries use a strong acid called sulphuric acid
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Acids and bases can neutralize each other
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Whether a liquid is an acid or base depends on the type of ions in it.
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The number 0 on the ph scale is the strongest acid
Title of webpage: Cilie Yak’s Sous Club for kids
Title of article: This Acids and Bases Experiment Makes Fizzy Bubbles with Baking
Soda and Vinegar
Web address: http://cilie-yack.org/sousclubcurriculum/100-unit-3/145experiment-acids-bases.html
Date: 2010-2012
5 facts
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Soda has enough acid to destroy the outside of the can
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Scientists use a pH scale to measure acid & alkaline Levels
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Alkalines can also be very chalky too. They don't combine with hydrogen to make acids. And they don't destroy metals either.
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Elements like potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron are alkaline
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Acids turn litmus paper red

Hypothesis: If I mix vinegar which is an acid with baking soda and which is a base and water then I should get a solution that is neutral. I think this because
Controlled Variable Independent Variable Responding Variable