Name: Group no.

Laboratory Exercise 3
Baking with Acid
Objectives:

At the end of the exercise, the students should be able to:

 Observe the effect that an acid has on baking.

Materials:

 Vinegar
 6 cups
 2 teaspoons
 2 tablespoons
 Baking powder
 Baking soda
 2 sheets of paper

Procedures:

1. Fill one cup one-half full with vinegar.

2. Fill another cup with water.
3. Separate the two sheets of paper and lay them on a table.
4. Place 2 cups on each sheet of paper.
5. Put 1 teaspoon of baking powder in two of the cups sitting on one of the sheets of paper. Write BAKING
POWDER on the paper, and #1 in front of one cup and #2 in front of the other cup.
6. Use a clean teaspoon to place 1 teaspoon baking soda in the remaining two cups. Write BAKING
SODA on the paper. Number the cups #3 and #4.
7. Start with the baking powder cups. Add 2 tablespoons of water to cup #1. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar
to cup #2.
8. Observe the results.
9. Add 2 tablespoons of water to cup #3 which contains baking soda.
10. Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar to cup #4 that also contains baking soda.
11. Observe and record the results.
Guide Questions:

1. What have you observed in cups # 1, #2, and #4 when a liquid is being added?

2. How are you going to describe the appearance of the baking soda after putting water in cup #3?

3. What is the function of the vinegar in cup #2?

4. What type of gas is being produced after performing this experiment?

LABORATORY RUBRICS:

Answer to Guide Questions

Criteria Description Points Score
Provided pieces of evidence, supporting details, and factual
Content 8
scenarios
Used correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and
Grammar 15
capitalization
Organization of Expressed the points in clear and logical arrangement of
ideas in the paragraph 12
ideas
Format Adhered to the required style/appearance 5
Total 40