DIY for kids: Fun experiment with colour

Is your school kid bored with her chemistry lessons? Well, she doesn’t have to be if you help her with a cool chemistry experiment at home. Experiment with&nbsp;colours&nbsp;can be a&nbsp;great way to get your child interested in&nbsp;this subject.&nbsp;Here&nbsp;is an&nbsp;interesting one to try with your little one at home.&nbsp;&nbsp;



The Milk Magic&nbsp; This experiment shows&nbsp;how&nbsp;colours&nbsp;explode&nbsp;when milk, food coloring, and dish soap mix together.&nbsp;In&nbsp;a chemical&nbsp;reaction to the dish detergent, the&nbsp;colours&nbsp;sink initially.&nbsp;However, they emerge after a&nbsp;while, mixing&nbsp;and churning together&nbsp;and&nbsp;spreading away. At the end, when the chemical reaction stops, the&nbsp;colours&nbsp;stabilize,&nbsp;taking&nbsp;interesting shapes and patterns.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What you need&nbsp;



<ul><li>Baking dish with a flat bottom&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Milk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Food coloring&nbsp;</li><li>Dish detergent&nbsp;</li></ul>



Steps&nbsp;



<ol><li>Have your child pour milk in the baking dish,&nbsp;filling an inch of it.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>The next step is to add&nbsp;plenty of&nbsp;colourful&nbsp;dots&nbsp;with&nbsp;food coloring.&nbsp;Encourage your little one to make numerous patterns, according to&nbsp;their choice.&nbsp;</li><li>At the end, just a drop of baking soda needs to be added to the milk.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ol>



Milk Magic Explained&nbsp; Fat, protein, sugars, vitamins, and minerals are the different molecules that milk&nbsp;is&nbsp;loaded with.&nbsp;Dish detergent, when introduced to milk, stirs up a whirlwind of reactions&nbsp;in these molecules.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;a lot of things happen all at once as the food coloring starts flowing through the&nbsp;milk.&nbsp;The protein molecules in the milk&nbsp;react with the detergent which changes their shape and sets them up in motion.&nbsp;Dish soaps form micelles to clean dirty utensils. The same thing happens when the fat molecules&nbsp;of milk&nbsp;come in contact with&nbsp;detergent&nbsp;pushing the food&nbsp;colouring&nbsp;around&nbsp;and creating a swirl.&nbsp;Finally,&nbsp;the solution reaches an&nbsp;equilibrium&nbsp;and the movement stops.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Other&nbsp;colour&nbsp;experiments to try&nbsp; Encourage your kids to try other interesting experiments with&nbsp;colours&nbsp;at home.&nbsp;These STEM projects will not only enhance their knowledge in science, but also give wings to their imagination.&nbsp;Here ae some fun ideas&nbsp;to try at home:&nbsp;



<ul><li>Rainbow in a jar&nbsp;</li><li>Colour&nbsp;changing flowers&nbsp;</li><li>Fizzing&nbsp;Colours&nbsp;</li><li>Crayon Candles&nbsp;</li></ul>

Encourage your child carry to out a chemistry experiment at home with colours. It’s super easy and fun too!  

What happens when milk, food colouring and dish soap are mixed?

Encourage your child carry to out a chemistry experiment at home with colours. It’s super easy and fun too!

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