Milk Plastic

 Kia ora readers,

Today in science we are turning milk into plastic. There a lot of ingredients of how to make plastic but the science teacher told us just how to make milk into plastic. we are not making it today but we might make it tomorrow I'm not sure if we are going to make it tomorrow.

Aim: Make milk into Plastic

Ingredients:

• Stove, oven or microwave
• Measuring cup
• Measuring spoon (tsp.)
• Milk (1 cup)
• Pot or microwaveable container
• White vinegar
• Paper towels
• Spoon
• Mug
• Optional: food colouring, glitter, or cookie cutters for decoration.

Steps:

1. Heat the milk in the microwave or on the stove until it is steaming.
2. Add 4 teaspoons of white vinegar to a mug.
3. Add the hot milk to the mug with the vinegar. (What happens to the milk?)
4. Stir the mixture with a spoon.
5. Stack 4 layers of paper towels on a surface that is safe to get damp.
6. Spoon out the curds with a spoon and place them on the paper towels.
7. Fold the paper towels over the curds and press down to absorb excess liquid.
8. Knead all the curds together into a ball of dough.
9. Color, shape, or mold the dough as you like.
10. You can color your dough with food coloring
11. You can add glitter to make the dough sparkle!
12. You can use cookie cotters to shape your dough.
13. Or you can sculpt the dough with your hands. (What shape can you create?)
14. Put all you creations on a paper towel and let them dry overnight.

Now you have turned your milk into plastic!

Here is a video of how to turn milk into plastic. (sorry if the video does not play)

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