JULY 2021

​The Milk and Food Coloring Experiment is an explosion of color that our students greatly enjoyed. The Oxbridge School students were able to perform this experiment by themselves because it’s that simple for young children. In a matter of seconds, you will begin to notice the vibrant displays of swirling patterns that have been created through the food coloring. You too can conduct this experiment in your own home with just a few drops of dish soap, food coloring, milk, q-tips, and a small bowl. After pouring the milk into the bowl you will put dish soap onto the q-tip. Then, you gently place the q-tip on top of the food coloring. Our students began to notice the changing effects of the food coloring and dish soap. Many students began to ask questions about the experiment, the main one being, why did the swirls of color only move with the soap? This is because once drops of dish soap are added to milk with food coloring, the soap reduces the surface tension and reacts with the proteins, fats, and vitamins of the milk. The reaction causes the particles in the milk to move around creating vibrant patterns of swirls and color. As you can see our students were engaged and thrilled to experience the breakdown of science right in front of their eyes. 

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