logo
Skip to content

Our Activities

Bookmark and Share

Demonstrate the Greenhouse Effect

You will need:

  • A desk lamp with a normal (not energy saving or fluorescent) bulb in
  • Two jam jars with lids
  • Some vinegar
  • Some bicarbonate of soda
  • Two thermometers, small enough to go into the jam jars
global warmin

What to do:

More Information

This experiment:
For a more complete version of this experiment, go to http://www.rsc.org/education/chemistryteachers/Index.asp and type 'greenhouse' in a 'free text' search (left hand menu).

The Greenhouse Effect/ Greenhouse Gases:


Many, many sites including http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html


Greenhouse Effect in the Class Room - pdf