Fizz to fat

 

Show viewers the surest way to pour on the pounds with this clever model. Mysteriously suspended in mid-air, a bottle dispenses "soda" into the glass below. But as the soda cascades out of the bottle and into the glass, it turns into thick, yellowish fat, symbolizing how extra calories we get from sugary beverages can turn into body fat.

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Subject(s)Science
Age11-14, 14-16
Published2017
Published by
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xbrsp

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