What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than to do a SCIENCE PROJECT! It wasn't much but it was enough to keep Lily happy and entertained for a little while. Lily filled two glasses up with mostly water and then she poured about an inch of vegetable oil in. We were learning how water and oil never mix. She thought this was pretty neat because she could see two distinct layers of water and oil. Next, Lily poured in food coloring into the glasses...starting with the lighter colors (yellow and red) first. The food coloring stays in little drops in the oil. When it sinks past the oil and into the water it is like FIREWORKS (not really)! The food coloring disperses and goes all over. The green and blue are dropped in last because they really take over and make a big dark blob once they hit the water. She mixed the glasses up when she was done and the colored water stayed on the bottom and the oil stayed clear on the top...pretty cool! This was a fun one to do because she could do the whole thing all by herself. 
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