Materials List:
Sweet Surfactants:
A Surface Tension Investigation Relating Additives to Surfactant Function
A Surface Tension Investigation Relating Additives to Surfactant Function
Each group needs:
Soap Motor Activity
- Soap Motor Phenomenon Worksheet (1 per student)
- 1 tray or wide container
- 1 cotton swab
- 1 pair of scissors (to cut out the boat, if not already cut out)
- 1 boat or small leaf (from Boat Template sheet)
- 1 container (e.g., beaker or graduated cylinder or measuring cup) to hold water
- 2-4 drops of liquid soap
- colored water (enough to cover the bottom of the tray/wide container)
Hydro Dipping Activity
- Student Worksheet (1 per student)
- Real-World Connection Worksheet (1 per student)
- 2-3 pre-made cake pops, marshmallows, or fun-sized candy bars (at least 1 per person)
- 1-2 toothpicks or skewers (for holding/dipping treats; at least 1 per person)
- 1 small plate or wax paper (for drying the treat after dipping; at least 1 per person)
- 1 dipping trough/small container (~6–8 cm deep to fully submerge treat; could be a small Tupperware or similar)
- 100-150 mL water/corn syrup bath (assigned concentration: 33% or 66% or 100% corn syrup)
- ~50 g candy melts of varying colors
- 1-2 tsp additives (coconut oil, food-grade lecithin, or vegetable oil)
- 1 drizzle spoon, teaspoon or a pipette
- 1 scale/balance
- 5-10 food safe weigh boats/paper
- 1 graduated cylinder (for measuring the volume of candy melt the spoon can hold)
- 1 spoon
- food-safe gloves (1 per student)
- (optional) 1 food thermometer and heat source (if candy melts need melting)
- (optional) apron (1 per student)
For the class to share:
- 1 laptop or tablet with projector and internet access (to show YouTube videos)
- paper towels to clean up spills