Mentos Geysers

Khaya Tawatao, EDU 214

 Question
01
What type of soda will have the tallest
reaction to Mentos being dropped into the
liter?
 Hypothesis
If Mentos were dropped into
three different type of sodas
(Diet Coke, Regular Coke, Coke
Zero), then the Coke Zero will
reach the tallest height because
there is lack of density from the
sugar to weigh down the
explosion
 Materials Pt. 1

Measuring
Tape
This will be used to
Mentos mark where each Chalk
explosion will reach This will be used to mark
Each bottle will need
seven mentos to be the brick wall for
dropped into each liter comparison between the
bottle tip and explosion
height
 Materials Pt. 2

Diet Coke Regular Coke Coke Zero

Each bottle will be a 2 Each bottle will be a 2 Each bottle will be a 2
liter. liter. liter.
Total Sugar: 0 Total Sugar: 39 Total Sugar: 0
grams/serving grams/serving grams/serving
 Procedures
Align all bottles against the brick
1st Set Up wall. Prepare the Mentos roll by
adding 7 Mentos into a paper roll.

Using chalk, mark and measure

where each bottle lines up on the
2nd Measure brick wall. This will be used a
measuring equation after the
results

Proceed to drop the Mentos in

3rd Experiment each bottle, watch the explosion

and measure where the liquid hit
the tallest height

Record the height in a Google

4th Record Sheets and create a graph
comparing the data
 My brother
and I about to
start the
experiment
 Results

Coke Had the biggest

difference of 62 inches

Zero
from the original starting
height of the bottle

Had the smallest

Coke difference of 24 inches

from the original
starting height of the
bottle
 Conclusion
Based off the data, Coke Zero produced the
tallest height of 75 inches. This proves my
hypothesis correct of Coke Zero producing
the tallest explosion. Despite Diet Coke and
Coke Zero, having the same nutritional
percentages, Coke Zero still had a
significantly higher explosion. This poses a
question of what makes the Coke Zero and
Diet Coke different if they have the same
nutrition?