Liquid Explorations

Alex Gaylor & Miranda Regaldo

Resources

15 bowls or dishes, such as paper ice cream cups margarine tubs or cottage cheese containers

3 quart or liter bottle of salt-free seltzer water

40-50 clear 2-6 ounce jars with water tight lids, preferably of the same size and shape. (Small juice bottles, baby food jars, spice or taco sauce jars are all appropriate)

4-10 ounce containers for holding water

5-15 liquids of different colors and thicknesses, such as: shampoo, baby oil, cooking oil, liquid starch, corn syrup, tempera paint, liquid glue, hair conditioner, glycerin, rubbing alcohol, dishwashing liquid, salad dressing

A box for storing the containers upright

A section of chalkboard or a large piece of paper

Approximately ½ a cup (2 ounces) each of oregano, sage, rosemary, if possible obtain fresh herbs

Baby Oil

Bucket or Access to a Sink

Cider or White Vinegar

Construction paper in 5 different colors

Container to hold sugar

Cooking Oil

Crayons

Dishwashing soap

Drinking straws

Food coloring

Funnel

Knife

Kosher or Pickling Salt

Lemons

Long handled spoon

Masking tape

Measuring spoons

Newspaper (enough to cover the tables and some extra)

One piece of white poster board or paper at least 8 ½” by11” to serve as a background

Paper Cups

Paper plates

Paper towels or sponges

Pencils

Pepper

Pitcher

Plastic stir sticks (coffee stirrers or popsicle sticks work well)

Salad oil

Salt

Scissors

Secret salad dressing recipe sheet pg. 49

Sponges

Sugar

Swirling Colors Data Sheet

Tall clear plastic cups, 10 ounces ( the taller the cup the better the opportunity to see the downward pattern of the swirls)

Tray

Waxed paper

Ziploc storage bags or other plastic bag large enough for each bottle to use.