Science Fair Project

How Liquids Mix

By: Jennifer McNutt and

Family
EDU 213-1003
JULY 16-2015

What happens when oil, water, and

food coloring are placed together?
Thats what the
McNutt Family
Wants to
know !!

Hypothesis
We all know oil
floats on top of
water but what
happens to the
food coloring??

What Does Everyone

Think

Jennifer- it will lay

on top of the oil
Haylie- it will get
stuck in the oil
Rex it will lay just
beneath the oil but
on top of the water

Materials You Will Need

1 Glass Jar
1-2 Cups cold
water
3 Colors of Food
Coloring
Vegetable Oil
Enough to be 2
inches above your
water

Step 1
Add 1-2 cups of Cold water to your Jar

Step 2

Add enough Vegetable oil to

your jar to total 2 inches
above the water

Step
4 of
Add 2 drops
of each
your 3 selected colors of
food coloring

Step 5
Wait and see what happens!!!

The Results Are In

Time color
first placed in
jar

Time Color
started to fall
into water

Time it took
color to
settled on
bottom of jar

Purple

00:00.01

00:03.42

00:07.48

Blue

00:00.20

00:02.00

00:07.00

Pink

00:00.30

00:02.15

00:07:30

What We Learned
Food coloring
IS less dense
than BOTH
water and
vegetable
oil..

What may
change theses
results ???
Different oil
Using warm water