This Blog's History: The Tie Dye Milk Experiment

For this week's This Blog's History post I point you back to July 2012 when I introduced my now 6 year old to the Tie Dye Milk Experiment.

This is a very simple experiment using simple, easy to obtain supplies.  You need milk, food coloring, basic dish soap, and water.  That's it!  Chances are you already have these supplies in your kitchen, so no need to delay in showing your child this awesome demonstration/experiment.  Simply fill a bowl of milk.  Drop a couple of drops of food coloring across the surface of the milk (don't stir).  In a separate bowl, mix water with a teaspoon of dish soap.  Then take a Q-tip and dip it in the water/soap mixture.  Then touch the Q-tip to a spot of food coloring on the milk.  The food coloring will disperse quickly across the milk.

The original post (see link above) explains the physics of what happens.  My daughter loved this demo and has talked about it many times since.  Great fun for a lazy or rainy weekend afternoon.