making ginger beer

 Aim: 

I want to learn how to make ginger beer 

Making ginger beer

Making beer

Science of fermentation 

ginger beer

Method:

Ingredients:

• Ginger.(source of sugar)
• warm water.
• yeast.
• cup
• spoon

Instructions:

1. Wash your hands.
2. get the equipment.
3. Put the 1 tablespoon of ginger in the cup
4. half fill the cup with warm water.
5. add one teaspoon of yeast.
6. mix it all together.
7. leave it ferment for 1 week.
8. after one week taste it.

results My drink tasted really

Discussion:

what is fermentation?

It is a chemical breakdown of yeast malts .

Blind taste testing

 Aim: I want to find out if food taste differently when you cant see or smell.

Research:

Disgusting Food

science food video

Method:

Equipment

• blindfold
• Popsicle stick

Instructions :

Get your equipment

1. Wash your hands.
2. Put on your blindfold
3. Pinch your nose.
4. get your food and eat it.
5. unblock your nose

Today I learnt that you can actually taste with your sense of smell and if you block your nose you can't really taste much.You mostly use your taste buds though

eating hot chilli

Aim : I want to find out how to get rid of burning chilli off my tongue.

Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYCaaL1sidw funny video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0_yWgifDM  Science video

Instructions:

• Get your equipment
• Scoop some chilly onto your stick.
• scoop some chilli onto your stick.
• stop the timer after 4 minutes.
• rate how hot your mouth is.
• do it again but after two minutes drink coke .
• do it again but drink milk after.
• #

First test I will rate that a 10/10

second test 5.3/10 with water

third test with milk 2.5/10

Many milk-based products contain a protein called casein, which can help break down those capsaicin tricksters. Think of casein as a detergent — attracting, surrounding and helping wash away the oil-based capsaicin molecules floating around your mouth, similar to how soap washes away grease.

Bacteria around our school

 Aim:

I want to find out what type of bacteria are around our school.

Research:

Equipment:

• Cotton buds
• Marker pen
• Agar plates.
•  tape.

Instructions:

• Use a marker pen to write your name and location on the lid of the agar plate lid
• Wash your hands.
• Wet the cotton buds and swab the surface.
• swab something of your choice.
• Gently swab the agar plate.
• Tape around the edges of the agar plate.
• wait for a few days.

Turn milk into plastic

Aim: 

I want to learn how to make plastic from milk.

Materials:

• Stove or oven or microwave.
• Measuring cup.
• measuring spoon.
• 1 cup of milk.
• Pot or microwaveable container.
• White vinegar.
• Paper towels.
• Spoon.
• Mug.
• Optional food colouring.
• Glitter or cookie cutters for decoration. 

Method:

• Pour one cup of milk into a pot or a microwaveable container.
• Heat it until it is steaming.
• Add four teaspoons of white vinegar into your milk.
• Stir the mixture with your spoon.
• Stack four layers of paper towels so it is safe to get damp.
• Scoop the curds out with a spoon and place them on the paper towels.
• Fold the paper towels over the curds and squash them down to absorb the liquid.
• Knead all of the curds together.

 

Measuring Mentos and coke

 Aim:

I want to find out how many bubbles are made when Mentos are dropped in coke.

Method:

Equipment:

• Coke 
• Coke zero
• Sprite
• Mentos
• Measuring cylinder
• Safety glasses
• Detergent.

Instructions:

• Put safety glasses on.
•       Get coke and Mentos.
• Pour 20 mils of coke into 100 mil cylinder.
• Add 5 mils of detergent to the coke.
• Then measure how high the bubbles get

Results:

What I found out today that the more detergent you put in the higher the bubbles will go, the sprite went the highest. 

Edible slime

 Aim:

How to make edible slime.

Method:

          

Equipment:

• Marshmallows.
• Vegetable oil (optional.)
• Icing sugar.
• Vege table.
• Paper cups.
• Microwave.

Instructions:

1. Get your equipment.
2. Microwave you marshmallows for 10 seconds.
3. Put some icing sugar in the marshmallows   and then wait for 10 minutes to cool down.
4. Next you can mix the Marshmallows with your hands and start mixing in the icing sugar.

Skittle colours

 Aim:

I want to find out what happens when you put skittles in water.

Method:

Equipment:

• Petri dish.
• Skittles.
• Warm water.

Instructions:

• Get your Equipment
• Put your skittles around the edge of your petri dish.
• Spread your skittles around the edge of your petri dish.
• Gently pour your warm water in the middle of the petri dish.
• Observe what happens.

Results:

Discussion:

Why did the colour leave the skittles.

The food colouring on the skittle will melt in the water.

Hands on fire.

  Aim:

I want to find out how to set myself on fire safely 

Method:

Equipment.

• Large container of water.
• Detergent (liquid soap.)
• Gas.
• Lighter.
• Safety glasses

Instructions.

1. Grab the equipment.
2. fill the container about two cm up with water.
3. Get your soap and put heaps of liquid soap in the water and gently mix it around.
4. Connect the hose to the gas tap.
5. turn on the gas and bubble it into the water.
6. Roll your sleeves up past your elbow.
7. Wet your hands and arms with water.
8. Scoop only the bubbles with two hands.
9. Light the bubbles.

Results:

Hands on fire.

 Aim:

I want to find out how to set myself on fire safely 

Method:

Equipment.

• Large container of water.
• Detergent (liquid soap.)
• Gas.
• Lighter.
• Safety glasses

Instructions.

1. Grab the equipment.
2. fill the container about two cm up with water.
3. Get your soap and put heaps of liquid soap in the water and gently mix it around.
4. Connect the hose to the gas tap.
5. turn on the gas and bubble it into the water.
6. Roll your sleeves up past your elbow.
7. Wet your hands and arms with water.
8. Scoop only the bubbles with two hands.
9. Light the bubbles.

Results:

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