Bending a Chicken Bone Experiment
This fun and exciting bending a chicken bone experiment is a great way for kids to learn about bones and calcium.
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Ingredients
- chicken bone
- large jar or cup
- white vinegar
Instructions
- Wash the chicken bone to remove all the meat.
- Look and feel the chicken bone and try to gently bend it. The bone should be hard because it has calcium in it.
- Place the bone in the jar and cover with vinegar.
- Let it sit for 3 days and then remove the bone.
- Rinse the bone and try to bend it. It should feel rubbery and bend quite easily now that all the calcium has been taken out of it.
- How does this work?Vinegar is a mild acid that is able to dissolve away the calcium from the bone. When the bone has calcium it is nice and strong, without the calcium it is soft.
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