Magic Milk

This is a simple chemistry experiment that is always fun to do. The results are unique each time and always produce cool and pretty results.


Materials: 

• Full Fat Milk (you can also try it with milk of other %s, to see if they produce different results)
• Cotton Swabs/Q-Tips
• Dawn Dish soap
• Food Coloring
• Baking Dish or a Shallow Bowl
• Small Bowl

Instructions:
Start by pouring the milk into the baking dish. You just need enough to cover the bottom of the pan.

Next add drops of food coloring randomly over the milk. Spread them out and use different colors.

Fill a bowl with a little dish soap. Dip your cotton swab in the dish soap.

Now gently touch the cotton swab to the milk and watch what happens.

The milk is made of proteins and fats. When the dish soap is added those soap molecules move around and try to attach to the milk molecules creating crazy cool patterns and swirls.

Dump out the milk and start again. Does different kinds of milk respond differently?