Plastic milk

  Our aim  is to try to make plastic milk.

Equipment: Beaker, Bowl, 800w microwave, strainer, (200 ml of milk), water and a teaspoon 

Method:

Step 1: Pour  200 ml of milk into the beaker.

Step 2: Heat it for 50 secs in a microwave.

Step 3: Put 4 teaspoons of vingar into the heated milk.

Step 4: Stir the heated milk and vinegar gently.

Step 5: Strain the mixture through the strainer. 

Step 6: Rinse the strainer.

Results:

The plastic milk had a horrible vinegar smell. Also it was a little bit white and looked off. It felt quite squishy. 

 

Conclusion: 

The hot milk with the vinegar made the plastic milk. Whey comes from cheese. When cream is pressed  while making cheese it separates out into two parts. The curd portion is used further in making the cheese, while the leftovers are called whey.

Next week we are using . . .

By Aieshah Whiu-Bennett :)