Weird Powder...

Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders.

There are a number of different white powders in our everyday life. Some of these are harmful and others are not. Test the four white powders listed to see which one has been found at the airport.

Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.

Flour, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Icing Sugar, Tartaric Acid

Citric Acid, Gluten Free Flour

You will be given a small amount of 4 white powders on your cardboard. On the black cardboard using a magnifying glass look at the powders.

Look at them under your magnifying glass and record what you see. 

These are the four powders we will be using. Upload a photo of each powder. 

1.  Cornflour
2.  Baking Soda
3.  Salt
4.  Sugar 

Before you add the iodine, vinegar or water you will need to divide each powder into 3.

Materials

1.  Black paper
2.  Magnifying glass
3.  Pencil
4.  Ruler
5.  Baking Soda
6.  Sugar
7.  Salt
8. Iodine
9. Water
10. Vinegar
Steps

1.   Get your black piece of paper and draw for even squares with the help of a pencil and a ruler.
2.  In each of the squares write down, Cornflour, Salt, Sugar, and Baking soda
3. In the 'Cornflour' square put Cornflour in.
4. In the 'Salt' square put Salt in and so on.
5. After the ingredients are in their correct squares get out some Water, Iodine (Be careful Iodine can stain), and Vinegar.
6. Split your Salt, Sugar, Cornflour and, Baking Soda into 3 groups.
7. In one of the piles add Water. Eg;  3 piles for each of the liquid. 

Findings:

	Sugar	Salt	Baking Soda	Cornflour
Appearance	Bigger than salt Cubic	Cubic Small	Soft Fluffy	Flat cloud Snow
Texture	Grainy	Grainy	Soft	Cloud
Smell	Sweet	Salty	Weird	Nothing
Iodine	Wet sugar	Wet salt	Oobleck	Oobleck
Water	Wet sugar	Wet salt	Oobleck	Oobleck
Vinegar	Wet sugar	Wet salt	Oobleck	Oobleck

Write a paragraph about your findings.

Making Sherbet

Once you have completed your blog and cleaned up all your equipment you can make sherbet.

Using the following recipe you can make sherbet.

Sherbet recipe

Recipe: 

1 tsp of powdered drink crystals (eg refresh)
1/4 tsp citric acid
1/2 tsp icing sugar
1/4 tsp -baking soda.
Put all ingredients into a ziplock bag, stir, and enjoy.

Materials:

1.  Citric Acid

2.  Icing Sugar

3.  Baking Soda

4.  Powdered drink crystals (eg refresh)

5.  Ziplock bag

Steps

1. Grab a ziplock bag
2. Grab the following ingredients:  Citric Acid, Icing Sugar, Baking Soda, and Powdered drink crystals.
3. Pour  the ingredients in the ziplock bag
4.  Shake until fully mixed!

Findings:

Sherbet
Taste	Sour, Tangy, Bubbly,
Colour	Pinky-Purple

Conclusion

Both of these experiments were really fun! Making sherbet for Science? Dream come true! Because of the baking soda, the sherbet would bubble on your tongue. It was an icky feeling!

The white powders were different from each other. They all had a different reaction in one way or another. Some turned water and some turned into oobleck! I liked doing this experiment because of the different reactions!