Magic Pepper Experiment - wyndham.vic.gov.au
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Bowl Water Pepper Cotton tip Dishwashing liquid Food dye (optional) Put enough water in your bowl to cover the bottom. If you have food dye, mix it with the water. Add a lot of pepper to the water. Take note of how the pepper covers all of the surface of the water. Now dip a cotton tip into dishwashing liquid, then dip into the middle of the water. What happens to the pepper? Adding the dishwashing liquid changes the water tension. The water pulls away from the dishwashing liquid. This makes it look like the pepper is running away from the dishwashing liquid. The pepper goes from covering the surface of the water, to making a ring around the edge of the water. Watch what happens when you add dishwashing liquid to water and pepper! What you need: What to do: 1. 2. 3. Magic Pepper Experiment! 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Bowl WaterPepperCotton tipDishwashing liquidFood dye (optional)
Put enough water in your bowl to coverthe bottom. If you have food dye, mix itwith the water. Add a lot of pepper to thewater. Take note of how the pepper covers all ofthe surface of the water. Now dip a cottontip into dishwashing liquid, then dip intothe middle of the water. What happens to the pepper? Adding thedishwashing liquid changes the watertension. The water pulls away from thedishwashing liquid. This makes it look likethe pepper is running away from thedishwashing liquid. The pepper goes fromcovering the surface of the water, tomaking a ring around the edge of thewater.
Watch what happens when you adddishwashing liquid to water and pepper!What you need:
What to do:1.
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Magic Pepper Experiment! 1.
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