Chanukah Science

In anticipation of Chanukah, Gan Bet conducted an experiment with oil. We started by feeling the oil and describing the sensation of how it felt. Some of the children said that the oil felt slippery and smooth and that it made our hands sparkly. We then filled a bottle with water and blue food coloring, and added some oil. Our little scientists were asked to hypothesize what might happen. Some children thought that the colors would mix together and turn green. Other predictions were that the oil would sink to the bottom, or that the water would go to the bottom and the oil would stay on top. Each child had a turn to shake the water bottle really well. At first it seemed as though the water and oil mixed together, but upon further observation we saw that the water stayed at the bottom of the bottle and the oil rose to the top. No matter how many times we mixed the oil and water together, the oil and water continued to separate. Now we know for sure that oil and water don't mix!