Rainbow Milk Science Experiment – Ms Gourlay's Class
 

Rainbow Milk Science Experiment

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kittenDivision 10 read the book Kitten’s First full Moon by Kevin Henkes.  It is the story of a kitten that thinks the moon looks like a bowl of milk.  Then we did a science experiment.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASupplies: Milk, Pie Tin, Detergent, Food Coloring, Q-tip.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASteps: Fill the pie tin with enough milk to completely cover the bottom.  Add several different colors of food coloring to the center of the pie plate,  Dip a Q-Tip in dishwashing detergent and then touch the Q-Tip to the center of the pie plate.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHere’s what we learned:  Milk has vitamins, minerals, protein and fat.  Mixing detergent with milk causes a chemical reaction to occur.  The soap molecules race around the milk trying to catch up with the fat molecules.


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