Science In Action

My daughter, a 5th grade student, has decided on her science project-

Saponification Experimentation: The Effect Of Soap On Our Environment

Her project basis is simple; she’s taken four liriope plants and is watering each with a ’special’ water.

Even though the project has just begun, I thought I would share it with you since the results so far were surprising, even to me!

She started the process by grating up two seperate bars of soap, a Dove white bar and a bar of Natural Magic Soaps Goat’s Milk soap.

The soap shreds were then weighed and added to distilled water. Each bottle was shaken the same number of times to help the soap dissolve.

We were all quite surprised at this point to see what happened to the water:

She also gathered up a jug of unfiltered well water and a bottle of purified spring water. These two bottles will be used as well, to create her ‘control’ group.

 

The water with the Dove soap in it is so cloudy that Samantha says she feels sorry for the ‘Dove’ plant; it looks like it’s being watered with milk.

Since she’s on day two of the experiment, there aren’t many results to share just yet. However, as her research comes in, I’ll be sure to update!