Thursday, December 9, 2021

Hokey pokey

 Aim:

I want to find out  how to make Honeycombe

Research:

Hokey poke

Equipment:

  • Sugar 5 teaspoons of sugar
  • baking soda half a tsp
  • 2 teaspoons of golden syrup
  • pot
  • Bunsen burner/stove
  • spatula
  • baking paper
Instructions

  1. Get your equipment
  2. Wash your hands
  3. Add your sugar  and golden syrup to your pot
  4. Grab your Bunsen burner
  5. Set up your Gauze mat
  6. Use a blue flame
  7. Melt then boil the sugar.
  8. Turn off gas
  9. Add baking soda and mix
  10. Tip out the Honeycombe on the baking paper
  11. Let it cool
  12. Clean up your equipment
Result

Discussion

Friday, December 3, 2021

Milk plastic


 Aim:

I want to learn how to make plastic out of milk

Equipment 

  • Bunsen burner
  • 200 ml cup
  • Milk
  • Measuring cylindar
  • A pot or Microwavable container
  • White vinegar(20 ml)
  • Paper towels
  • spoon(Or a stirring rod)
  • mug(or you can use a clean Beaker)
  • Funnel
Instructions

  1. Get your equipment
  2. Pour 200ml cup of milk onto a container 
  3. Heat the milk with a stove or a microwave till its steaming hot (im using a bunsen burner)
  4. Add 20ml of White Vinegar to a Measuring cylindar 
  5. Add the White vinegar to the Beaker with the milk in it
  6. Stir it with a spoon(or you can use a Stirring rod) 
  7. put a paper towel on the funnel and pour the curds into the funnel and wait until all of the water drains(put it over the sink)
  8. Stack 4 paper towels on the surface and make sure it is safe to get damp
  9. Fold the paper towels over the curd and press down to take out the liquid
  10. Kneed the curd together to make a ball
  11. Colour Shape or mold the dough as much as you like
  12. Once your done molding and creating the thing you like you can put it on a paper towel and leave it to dry overnight
(It is optional to colour or glitter the milk before it dries)

results:

pH Colours

 I want to find out what the colours of pH are;

Research


Method:

Equipment
  • Acid- Hydrochloric Acid
  • Base- Sodium Hydroxide
  • Test Tube Rack with test tubes
  • Universal Indicater
Instructions
  1. Get your equipment
  2. Put ten drops of Universal Indicator in a test tube
  3. Add different amounts of acid and base to the test tube to get the colour you need
  4. Whatch what happens to the colour
Results
Discussion:

Ginger beer

  Aim:

I want to find out how to brew ginger beer.

Research:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjifwNexix0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoWVQxuYv4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQNmXVIxQk

Method:

Equipment

  • ginger
  • disposable cup
  • water
  • teaspoon and tablespoon
  • lemon juice
  • yeast
  • sugar
Instructions
  1. Get your equipment.
  2. Put your name on a disposable cup, preferrably plastic.
  3. Put half a teaspoon of ginger into the cup.
  4. Add half a cup of water into the cup.
  5. Add one tablespoon of sugar into the cup.
  6. Mix with a spoon.
  7. Add 5 drops of lemon juice to the cup.
  8. Taste it and adjust the flavour to perfection.
  9. Add 1/4 of a teaspoon of yeast.
  10. Let it brew for a week.

Results:it tastes like poop i hate it

Discussion:

What is fermentation:

Yeast eats the sugar and it excretes out Alcohol and makes carbon dioxide.

What are the best conditions for brewing?

A good temperature for brewing is 60-70 degrees