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Finding comfort in swirls of milk

January 16, 2008 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

Tuesday is the day we do Science.
In this case, Earth Science.  This is Jonathan’s experiment and his write up.  I know I usually include recipes, but he asked me to share it, so I’m going to.
Here’s an example of what 6th grade Science looks like in the Darby Home School…

What I used:

  • 1 cup of milk
  • red food coloring
  • blue food coloring
  • shallow bowl
  • vegetable oil

What I did:

I poured the milk into the bowl and added the red and blue food coloring around the bowl.  I poured a little bit of vegetable oil into the center.

What happened:

Slowly, the red and blue food coloring started to spin away from the sides of the bowl and pulled toward the middle creating a swirl pattern.

What I learned:

I learned that the oil, mixing with the fat in the milk created a current on the surface of the milk that was marked by the food coloring.   This current spiraled in a counter-clockwise direction due to circular motion that replicates the rotation of the Earth in the Northern Hemisphere or the Coriolis Effect.

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What Mom learned:

No matter how out of control my small life sometimes feels, there is Divine Order in the universe, the Earth continues to spin on its axis,  God is on His Throne and Al Gore is a Great Big Idiot.

I didn’t say it was all going to be pretty. 😉

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  1. keb says

    January 16, 2008 at 6:02 am

    Hilarious! Genius! Not only is the experiment fascinating (I didn’t know any of that swirl business would happen or why) but ALL of yr conclusions are absolutely flawless. We do indeed serve a brilliant, orderly God & it’s about time someone stated the inconvenient truth about Al gore.

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  2. Orange County Internet Marketing Seminar says

    January 16, 2008 at 7:27 am

    Honey, wonderful post.So…when are you going to write that book?
    🙂
    Moi

    Reply
  3. Amy says

    January 16, 2008 at 11:56 am

    WOW. I learned so much just now . . .

    Reply
  4. Reinier says

    January 23, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    you ate it!

    Reply

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