Making Milk Solid #ElmersScienceReady

My kids are pretty crafty, way more than me. If you look in Kayla’s room there is quite a collection of craft  supplies so she can get creative whenever she wants.

Kayla and TJ were more than excited when we were asked to do a science project using Elmer’s products. Did you know that they make an X-TREME glue stick? Our home is always stocked with regular Elmer’s glue and Elmer’s Disappearing Purple Washable glue sticks so we ready to go to the next level with X-TREME glue sticks.

The first thing we had to do was choose a science experiment. The kids wanted to try something they have not done before. Kayla and TJ finally agreed to trying to make milk solid. This is a pretty easy experiment because we already had skim milk and vinegar on hand.

We needed:

1 1/2 cups of skim milk

4 teaspoons of white vinegar

Next:

 

We did this experiment twice. The first time Kayla was able to form a ball with the milk and it even bounced a little. After a little more handling the milk crumbled. The second experiment we waited for it to cool entirely, but we not able to do much with it. I think we had the wrong type of strainer.

Kayla and TJ’s Thoughts

Kayla: I did not think the milk would get hard. It was cool seeing it separate after we warmed it up. It felt weird and slimy in my hands.

TJ: I thought the vinegar would make the milk turn into a paste. I did not expect the milk to bounce.

They both agreed that the smell was pretty bad. The vinegar comes across pretty strong. The more it set out, the more it smelled like spoiled milk.

This turned out to be two experiments in one. The kids mixed 1/4 cup of skim milk with 2 teaspoons of vinegar together. It sat on the table a few hours to see if curds would appear.

 

We will be trying this project again with a different type of strainer. Here is the finished project that Kayla did.

 

For this project we grabbed the following products at Walmart:

• Elmer’s X-TREME glue stick
• craft sticks
• Elmer’s Jumbo 3-D glitter pens
• Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board

We all give the Elmer’s X-TREME glue stick the thumbs up!! You can use it on all types of materials including plastic, fabric, wood and more.

 

This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #ElmersScienceReady #collectivebias The opinions are 100% our own as always.

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