Bursting Colors

Question:  What will happen when you add soap to milk that has food coloring in it?  


Hypothesis:  If you add soap to milk with food coloring in it, we predict that the colors will burst out because, soap contains surfactant, which is compounds between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid.


Materials: 

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  • Material 1 milk
  • Material 2 food coloring
  • Material 3 bowls
  • Material 4 soap (Dawn and foam soap)
  • Material 5  cups (3)
  • Material 6 Q-tips

Safety Procedures:

We need smocks because the food coloring stains your clothes.
Material 1: smocks


Procedure:

  1. Gather materials
  2. Put 1/4 cup of milk in a bowl
  3. Put drops of food coloring in the center of the bowl
  4. Put soap on a Q-tip
  5. Dip Q-tip into the milk
   6.  Watch as the colors burst

Conclusion:
In conclusion, our hypothesis was correct our hypothesis because the food coloring did burst out.


Special Needs:
We need to be near a sink to dump the milk.


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The Science behind it

In dawn soap and foam soap there is one special ingredient called, surfactant.
A substance, such as detergent, that is added to a liquid to increase its ability to burst.