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Science IV 2011-2012

This document summarizes several science experiments involving common household items. The first experiment dissolves an eggshell in vinegar over 3-4 days due to the acetic acid reacting with the shell's calcium. Another uses a water-filled balloon that does not burst in flames, unlike an empty one, because water absorbs heat. A third involves a highlighter creating a glow when soaked in water. The last experiment uses food coloring and dish soap to mix colors in milk due to the soap weakening bonds between fat and protein molecules.

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Science IV 2011-2012

This document summarizes several science experiments involving common household items. The first experiment dissolves an eggshell in vinegar over 3-4 days due to the acetic acid reacting with the shell's calcium. Another uses a water-filled balloon that does not burst in flames, unlike an empty one, because water absorbs heat. A third involves a highlighter creating a glow when soaked in water. The last experiment uses food coloring and dish soap to mix colors in milk due to the soap weakening bonds between fat and protein molecules.

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Science IV 2011-2012

Table of Contents
1. Title of the Experiments A. The Bouncing Egg B. Fire Proof Balloon C. Glowing Water D. Dried Ice Bubbles E. Color Changing Milk 2. Gathering Data 3. Observation 4. Hypothesis 5. Conclusion

The bouncy egg


Materials needed: Raw chicken egg Vinegar Small container Procedure: 1. Put the raw chicken eggs in the container. 2. Put the vinegar in the container. (The egg must be fully submerged.) 3. Wait for the vinegar to dissolve the eggshell. (It takes 3-4 days.) Observation: As you all know, eggs have shells that you need to remove before eating. But if you put vinegar in the shells, the vinegar will do the work for you. But what makes the eggshell dissolved by the vinegar? Hypothesis: There must be a certain acid that reacts with the eggshell. Same as the reaction For baking soda. As we all know the vinegar contains strong acid that reacts with certain elements. Conclusion: Because the vinegar contains acetic acid that strongly reacts with the eggshells High calcium content. After 3-4 days the shell will be completely dissolved. If you observe the egg. You will notice that the egg have a waxy coating, but no shell.

Fireproof Balloon
Materials needed: Two round balloons Several matches Water Procedure: 1. Inflate the balloons 2. Put cup of water in 1 balloon. 3. Inflate the other balloon. 4. Light the matches and put it under the balloons. Observation: When you put the matches under the balloon without water, it will break. But when you put the matches under the balloon with water it will not break. Why does the balloon with no water break in the flame? Hypothesis: The water inside the balloon absorbs the heat from the fire that makes the balloon weak. Conclusion:

Water is a particularly good absorber of heat. It takes a lot of heat to change the temperature of water. It takes ten times as much heat to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1C than it does to raise the temperature of 1 gram of iron by the same amount. This is why it takes so long to bring a teakettle of water to the boil. On the other hand, when water cools, it releases a great deal of heat. This is why areas near

oceans or other large bodies of water do not get as cold in winter as areas at the same latitude further inland.

Glowing water
Materials needed: 1. Water 2. Highlighter pen Procedure: 1. Remove the felt of the Highlighter pen 2. Soak the felt of Highlighter pen into small amount water. Observation: I observed that the highlighter pen provides glowing effect when mixed with water. Conclusion: The highlighter pen gives the glowing effect when combined with water.

Dry ice crystal ball bubbles


Materials: 1. Dry ice 2. Water 3. Dishwashing liquid Procedure: 1. Select a bucket or container that has a smooth rim and is smaller than 12 inches in diameter. 2. Cut a strip of cloth about 1 inch wide and 18 inches long (an old t-shirt works well). Soak the cloth in a solution of Dawn dish soap or use your favorite recipe for making bubble solution. Make sure that the cloth is completely soaked. 3. Fill the bucket half full with water. Have tongs or gloves ready to transfer the dry ice to the bucket. 4. Place two or three pieces of dry ice into the water so that a good amount of fog is being produced. 5. Remove the strip of cloth from the dish soap and carefully pull the strip across the rim. The goal is to create a soap film that covers the top. It also helps to have the rim wet before you start. This may take some practice until you get the technique mastered. Remember that a bubble's worst enemies are dirt, oil, and rough edges. Your patience will pay off in the long run. Observation: The dry ice reacts with water because dry ice contains very low temperature that creates steam. If you add dishwashing liquid, it creates bubbles. Conclusion: The temperature of the dry ice is about
56.4 C (69.5 F)

that is the reason why it

emits steam(looks like white smoke). And if you add dishwashing liquid in the water, the soap traps the steam which creates bubbles.

Color Changing Milk


Materials needed: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Milk (whole or 2%) Dinner plate Food coloring (red, yellow, green, blue) Cotton swabs Dish-washing soap

Procedure: 1. Pour enough milk in the dinner plate to completely cover the bottom. Allow the milk to settle. 2. Add one drop of each of the four colors of food coloring - red, yellow, blue, and green - to the milk. Keep the drops close together in the center of the plate of milk. 3. Find a clean cotton swab for the next part of the experiment. Predict what will happen when you touch the tip of the cotton swab to the center of the milk. It's important not to stir the mix. Just touch it with the tip of the cotton swab. Go ahead and try it. 4. Now place a drop of liquid dish soap on the other end of the cotton swab. Place the soapy end of the cotton swab back in the middle of the milk and hold it there for 10 to 15 seconds. Look at that burst of color! It's like the 4th of July in a bowl of milk! 5. Add another drop of soap to the tip of the cotton swab and try it again. Experiment with placing the cotton swab at different places in the milk. Notice that the colors in the milk continue to move even when the cotton swab is removed. What makes the food coloring in the milk move?

Repeat the experiment using water in place of milk. Will you get the same eruption of color? Why or why not? What kind of milk produces the best swirling of color: skim, 1%, 2%, or whole milk? Why?

Observation: When I put the Food Coloring Substance to the milk, there is no reaction to the milk. But when I dip the cotton buds with a liquid soap on each end, the food color mix together and the colors burst. Conclusion: Milk is mostly water but it also contains vitamins, minerals, proteins, and tiny droplets of fat suspended in solution. Fats and proteins are sensitive to changes in the surrounding solution (the milk). The secret of the bursting colors is the chemistry of that tiny drop of soap. Dish soap, because of its bipolar characteristics (nonpolar on one end and polar on the other), weakens the chemical bonds that hold the proteins and fats in solution. The soap's nonpolar, or hydrophilic (water-loving), end dissolves in water, and its hydrophobic (water-fearing) end attaches to a fat globule in the milk. This is when the fun begins. The molecules of fat bend, roll, twist, and contort in all directions as the soap molecules race around to join up with the fat molecules. During all of this fat molecule gymnastics, the food coloring molecules are bumped and shoved everywhere, providing an easy way to observe all the invisible activity. As the soap becomes evenly mixed with the milk, the action slows down and eventually stops. This is why milk with a higher fat content produces a better explosion of color there's just more fat to combine with all of those soap molecules.

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