Friday, November 26, 2010

weekend experiment


My intention is to post one experiment every friday to try out in the weekend.   Today I made paneer which is Indian cottage cheese.  You boil milk and add lemon juice to the boiled milk and the milk breaks up with cheese floating on top and water at the bottom.  That's not the experiment I am suggesting here today though:)  When our son saw it, he complained that he didn't get to do the experiment and so I had to quickly think of an experiment we can do which has to involve lemons.  So here is the simple experiment we did today
Ingredients needed:
A couple of lemons
A table spoon of baking soda
A tall glass jar (or tumbler or anything you can see through would work)
A tea spoon of dishwashing liquid

In the glass jar, put a table spoon of baking soda.  Add the dishwashing liquid to the baking soda and mix it a little.  Then get the kid(s) to pour the lemon juice taking precautions and make sure you are prepared for a little mess.  And watch what happens.
ps: if you are fresh out of lemons at home, you can use good old vinegar for this experiment.

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