Bleeding Red Cabbage
Help your children make a bleeding red cabbage with a little vinegar, and then they can magically turn it green with some ammonia.
What You'll Need:
- 1/4 head red cabbage
- Knife
- Saucepan
- Measuring cup and spoons
- Water
- Strainer
- Pot
- Funnel
- Glass bottle with cap
- Goggles
- Rubber gloves
- 3 test tubes (or glasses)
- Pipette (or eyedropper)
- Vinegar
- Ammonia
 ©2007 Publications International, Ltd. Make a bleeding red cabbage by adding a little vinegar, then turn it green again with ammonia. |
How to Make Bleeding Red Cabbage:
Step 1: Help your children cut cabbage into chunks. Have them put the cabbage into the saucepan with two cups water. Help them heat the pan to a low boil on the stove. Then turn off the heat, and let water cool.
Step 2: Help your kids pour the cabbage juice through the strainer into a pot. Make sure to use a funnel to pour the cabbage juice into the bottle. Then have your kids throw away the cabbage. Your kids have made the cabbage juice indicator.
Step 3: Have your children test their cabbage juice indicator. Make sure they put on their goggles and rubber gloves. They should put two tablespoons of the indicator into each test tube. Have them then add two tablespoons of water to each test tube to dilute the indicator.
Step 4: Your children should add a few drops of vinegar to the first test tube, a few drops of ammonia to the second test tube, and a few drops of water to the third test tube. (Make sure they rinse the pipette well between liquids.)
Step 5: Have your kids compare the color in each test tube. Afterward, they should keep the cabbage indicator in the refrigerator for other experiments.
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