Fun Science! Color Changing Milk

I'm a fan of Steve Spangler. I love his science experiments. They are wacky, easy, and very educational. I will preface this post by saying we follow the Sonlight science curriculum and supplement with Magic School Bus books/videos, etc..., but this week I just felt like doing something random and fun - turns out those are usually the things the kids remember and learn the most from.

This color changing milk experiment only required a few things: milk, food coloring, cotton swabs, and dish soap. I had all of those things on hand already, so we were set. To prepare, I watched this video:

I gathered the supplies:

First we tried the experiment with whole milk and it worked really well!

Next, we changed one variable (the type of liquid) and used 2% milk. It worked, but not quite as well as with the whole milk.

Finally, we changed the same variable again and used water. It didn't work at all!

I didn't have the kids write anything while we did this... I just wanted them to have fun and experiment! I did, however, talk to them about some basic principles of conducting an experiment:

• making predictions
• changing just ONE variable (this was our liquid)
  
• drawing conclusions
  

Steve Spangler does a great job in the video explaining what was going on during the experiment. My children and I watched the video after we had finished. They went on to pick out more experiments on his site they would like to try.

Each day we educate at home I can see the spark in my children's eyes get brighter, and they are becoming more self-motivated. Activities like this one foster their love of learning and curiosity.
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Our weekly Bible Verse - working on hiding it in our hearts

My children and I have a weekly Bible verse that begins each day for us - I'm amazed at the end of the week how my children have learned it so well. Last week's verse was from 1 Peter and it was about respect. I caught my daughter quoting it to her younger brother at one point while he was not exhibiting respect. Too funny!

So, this week I'll share our verse with you. I'd like to link up to Mom's Mustard Seeds. Rebecca is starting a weekly link-up where everyone shares the verses they are memorizing. Hopefully we'll all be able to hide God's word in our hearts and draw upon it in a myriad of ways when the time arises.

It is written:
"All people are like grass.
All of their glory is like the
flowers in the field.
The grass dries up. The
flowers fall to the ground.
But the word of the Lord stands forever." (Isiah 40: 6-8)

1 Peter 1: 24-25

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