Plant And Research Science Visit

Plant And Research Science Visit

Yesterday we had a surprise visit by the Plant and Food  Research Scientists. They are responsible for making new Fruit and Veggies. Their names were Jacob, Laura and Lara. Class 5, 4 and 3 sat down as we waited for the Scientist to do there first experiment.

Well eventually we started the first experiment. They showed us Cabbage Juice, which was purple and then they explained what acid and base are. They said that the way to find and acid and a base is by any type of liquid in cabbage juice and finding what colour it turns. First they tipped vinegar and then it turned Red and so that means that Vinegar is and acid. Secondly they tipped Mr Muscle into another container with purple Cabbage Juice  it turned green so that means its a base.

After that Jacob had a box of dry ice and when he opened it fog came out of it. And next he had a bottle with warm water and dish washing liquid and put some dry ice in the bottle. The bottle started bubbling out lots and lots of bubbles. Jacob grabbed some bubbles and when they popped the bubbles had fog coming out of it.

On their last experiment they had Borax and super glue. They mixed it together and it made this slimy green gloop at first I thought it was a liquid but when it started to dry up it turned into a liquidly solid. So we had to guess if it was either a solid or a liquid. Everyone wanted a bit of gloop but the only way we could get some was by asking questions.

We had a few people ask scientific questions. And then other people ask questions not to do with the topic. But at the end we all had a good time and most of us got some gloop.