Comments on: Chemical Reactions: Make a Penny Turn Green (with free printable) https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/ Meaningful Activities for Learning & Creating Sat, 27 Sep 2025 19:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Joe https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-972821 Wed, 16 May 2018 22:30:16 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-972821 In reply to Chelsey.

Is the blue greenish toxic or dangerous to our health in anyway?

]]> By: 17 Easy Science Experiments for Kids Using Household Items - The Yellow Birdhouse https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-955029 Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:41:47 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-955029 […] Learn about chemical reactions and make observations with a free printable. You’ll need copper pennies and vinegar. From: Buggy and Buddy […]

]]> By: Natasha https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-937884 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 06:46:55 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-937884 Love this experiment. We are going to the Statue of Liberty this summer and this will tie in perfectly. I cannot access the penny printable observation sheet. Would it be possible for you to email it to me, please? Thank you in advance!

Kind Regards,
Natasha

]]> By: 15 Minute Science Experiments for Kids - Look! We're Learning! https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-927386 Tue, 09 May 2017 10:00:21 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-927386 […] 12. Have you ever found an old penny on the ground that looked green? See how this happens with this turn a penny green activity! […]

]]> By: sofia https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-908660 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:20:53 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-908660 In reply to Lily.

I did the experiment for a class project to see what would make a penny turn green: salt water or freash water turns out neither! They clean the penny of!!!

]]> By: 25+ Totally Awesome Science Fair Projects https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-883299 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 19:00:32 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-883299 […] Make a Penny Turn Green  ::   Buggy and Buddy […]

]]> By: Robert https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-882155 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:13:05 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-882155 In reply to Lily.

to clean coins you use salt soap and water

]]> By: Lily https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-877357 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 16:19:21 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-877357 In reply to Natalie.

To clean the coins you use salt!

]]> By: Science experiments and STEM activities for every season - The Measured Mom https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-840090 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:02:12 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-840090 […] Create a chemical reaction that seems like magic as you Make a Penny Turn Green. […]

]]> By: 5 Homeschool Projects We Will Never Do (and 5 we might try!) | Forever, For Always, No Matter What https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-547843 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:01:18 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-547843 […] Making a Penny Turn Green –  I can pretty much bet everyone has the supplies to do this project in their house right […]

]]> By: Anonymous https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-523576 Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:46:51 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-523576 I did it experiment magic pencil the children love it. thanks Pilar

]]> By: Chelsey https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/#comment-517269 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:22:02 +0000 http://buggyandbuddy.com/?p=5967#comment-517269 In reply to Trish Hogan.

Hi Trish- What’s happening is the copper in the penny is reacting with the oxygen in the air to form the green-colored copper oxide. Although pennies are mainly zinc now, they are still plated in copper. Hope that helps!

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