Cat’s Meow Lab Get out a sheet of paper

Problem Write the problem Problem: What will happen if you mix milk, soap and food coloring?

Hypothesis: The answer to the problem. Prediction

Procedures: 1. Fill one petri dish ½ full with whole milk and the other petri dish ½ full with skim milk 2. Place four drops of food coloring into the milk. Use four different colors Place in four corners 3. Dip the toothpick in detergent 4. Touch the surface of the milk with the toothpick. 5. Record Observations.

Milk, food coloring & soap Observations Draw the data table on your paper Data Table 1: Observations (Draw and color) Milk + food coloring Milk, food coloring & soap

Conclusion: 1 Paragraph (3 to 5 sentences) describing: What do you think happened? Was your hypothesis correct? If we were to do this again, discuss 3 ways that we could alter this experiment (variables that could be tested).