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Easy Milk and Soap Experiment

My niece wanted to do this Easy Milk and Soap Experiment. She explained it to me, and I decided that it would be a good outside activity! We did it several times, using different colors of food coloring and making different patterns. The soap binds to the fat molecules in the milk, just like it does on dirty dishes. The food coloring has no effect on the experiment, but it allows you to see the movement of how the soap attaches to the milk molecules. My niece didn't understand the science behind how the food coloring reacts, but she loved watching all of the colors swirl and mix. My niece is 9 years old, and patience isn't her strong suit, and since the results are instant, it was a perfect activity to do with her. Here are a few tips for doing the Easy Milk and Soap Experiment: 1. This will work best with whole milk. 2. Any type of liquid dish soap will work. 3. Food coloring stains, so be very careful. Doing it outside makes for easy cleanup. 4. Instead of dropping the dish liquid, dip a cotton swap into the dish liquid and touch the soapy end to the food coloring, and then touching a different spot. The designs it makes are very cool! Visit me at http://bit.ly/1NBPJAT to see my other projects. This cartridge has a wide variety of die cuts for all seasons and holidays. Visit http://bit.ly/1LI5esw for a complete list of the shapes and die cuts on this Cricut Cartridge.