Thursday, July 19, 2012

Science/Chemistry

Today at Enrich we got to try either science/chemistry, maths tessellations or art painting. I chose science/chemistry. At chemistry we made elephants toothpaste. Elephants toothpaste isn't toothpaste for the elephants it is only called that because it looks like toothpaste coming out of a tube except the tube is way bigger than a normal tube of toothpaste it looks a tube the size elephants would have. To make elephants toothpaste you need either a tube or a fizzy bottle, you then fill the tube halfway with hydrogen peroxide that has water mixed in with it you then put a little bit of dish washing liquid in and add food colouring of your choice. After that you need a cup or a very little measurer and put a  teaspoon and a half of yeast add some hot water then stir while also stirring the tube. Then pour the liquid yeast into the tube and watch the reaction. Here is a photo of what might happen: