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I did this in my science class and it worked really well! I looked at a lot of science experiments but couldn’t find In a small dish, mix oil with 3 drops of each food coloring. Stir them up. The colors will not mix in the oil, but stirring helps to mix them around and separate them! Drop just one drip of dish detergent in the middle of the milk. Watch what happens! The colors will sink in response to the dish detergent, then emerge again—marbleizing and combining—before stabilizing and standing still WHAT'S GOING ON Shallow baking dish with a flat bottom (The depth should be the same across entire dish; it can be any shape—round and rectangular are interesting and beautiful.)

Delaunay formed a close friendship at this time with Jean Metzinger, with whom he shared an exhibition at a gallery run by Berthe Weill early in 1907. The two of them were singled out by the art critic Louis Vauxcelles in 1907 as Divisionists who used large, mosaic-like 'cubes' to construct small but highly symbolic compositions.

The key to the dancing colors in this experiment is soap! Soap molecules consist of a hydrophilic (“water-loving”) end and a hydrophobic (“water-fearing”) end. Water molecules are polar molecules that can dissolve other polar molecules. Fat (and oil) molecules are nonpolar molecules, so they cannot dissolve in water.

Pour the oil into the jar of water. Watch as the oil stays on top of the water and the dots of color slowly start dropping down into the water. As they fall into the water, the color dots will “explode” and begin mixing into the water! *Tip: holding the jar up to light can make it easier to see the explosions. Also, lightly swirling the jar can help the colors to drop and burst in the water faster. Science Concepts Milk is a mixture of water, fat, vitamins and minerals. When soap is added to the milk, it helps to separate the water and fat in the milk. When soap is mixed in with the fat and water, the hydrophobic end of the soap molecule breaks up the nonpolar fat molecules, and the hydrophilic end of the soap molecule links up with the polar water molecules. Now that the soap is connecting the fat and water, the nonpolar fat molecules can be carried by the polar water molecules.The moral of the story is, yes, preschool science experiments can and SHOULD be simple, fun, and may only take a minute or two. And, that’s ok! Children at this age thrive on play, creativity, and shouldn’t be expected to hold attention for longer than a few minutes at a time anyway. Use our easy Magic Milk Science Lab Kit to grab your students’ attention without the stress of planning! Robert Herbert writes: "Metzinger's Neo-Impressionist period was somewhat longer than that of his close friend Delaunay... The height of his Neo-Impressionist work was in 1906 and 1907, when he and Delaunay did portraits of each other (Art market, London, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) in prominent rectangles of pigment. (In the sky of Coucher de soleil no. 1, 1906–07, Collection Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, is the solar disk which Delaunay was later to make into a personal emblem)." Herbert describes the vibrating image of the sun in Metzinger's painting, and so too of Delaunay's Paysage au disque (1906–07), as "an homage to the decomposition of spectral light that lay at the heart of Neo-Impressionist color theory..." In the prime of his career he painted a number of series that included: the Saint-Sévrin series (1909–10); the City series (1909–11); the Eiffel Tower series (1909–12); the City of Paris series (1911–12); the Window series (1912–14); the Cardiff Team series (1913); the Circular Forms series (1913); and The First Disk (1913).

As the soap molecules connect to the fat molecules, the molecules of the food coloring get pushed around everywhere resulting in an explosion of color! As the majority of soap molecules attach to the fat molecules and the soap spreads throughout the milk, the color explosion will slow and eventually stop. Add more soap and see if there are more fat molecules that haven’t attached to soap – if there are unattached fat molecules still, the color explosion will begin again. Friends and Co-workers: Marc Chagall , Fernand Leger , Jean Metzinger , Roman Selsky , Margit Selska , Józef Pankiewicz Influenced by: Paul Gauguin , Henri Rousseau , Georges Seurat , Pablo Picasso , Claude Monet , Pont-Aven SchoolRobert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related to bold use of colour and a clear love of experimentation with both depth and tone. Robert Delaunay was born in Paris, the son of George Delaunay and Countess Berthe Félicie de Rose. While he was a child, Delaunay's parents divorced, and he was raised by his mother's sister Marie and her husband Charles Damour, in La Ronchère near Bourges. When he failed his final exam and said he wanted to become a painter, his uncle in 1902 sent him to Ronsin's atelier to study Decorative Arts in the Belleville district of Paris. At age 19, he left Ronsin to focus entirely on painting and contributed six works to the Salon des Indépendants in 1904. Did you know that it is easy to turn ordinary milk into a rainbow of crazy colors? With only four common kitchen items, kids are thrilled by the color explosion created by the hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules in our magic ingredient! Try this experiment again using milk with different fat percentages. Try it with skim milk, 1% milk, 2% milk, whole milk, half and half, and cream. Consider even trying evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. See how the amount of fat affects the explosion of color!

Step 4 – Watch in amazement as the colors dances across the surface of the milk.Do you know what caused the colors to move around in the milk? Find out the answer in the how does this experiment work section below. Video Tutorial

I firmly believe in nurturing that love of science with all the fun preschool science experiments we can come up with. So, what makes a great experiment?