Theory of Potionmaking: FOOD COLORS!!
What You Will Need
- 8 plactic/paper cups
- Marker (Sharpie)
- Water
- Food Colors in red, green, yellow, and blue
Instuctions For Preparation
- Write numbers 1 through 8 on the cups
- Fill up cups #1 and #7 halfway
- Fill up cups #2 and #6 3/4 of the way full
- Fill up cups #3 and #5 all the way full
- Fill up cups #4 and #8 1/4 of the way full
Instructions For Assignment
- Drop 2 drops of Red and 3 of Yellow into cup #8
- Drop 1 drop of green and 4 drops of blue into cup #2
- Drop 1 drop green and 3 of yellow into cup #4
- Drop 3 drops red and 2 drops yellow into cup #3
- Drop 1 drop green, 1 drop yellow, and 2 drops blue into cup #6
- Drop 1 drop blue and 3 drops red into cup #5
- Drop 2 red and 2 blue drops into cup #7
- Drop 1 red and 2 blue into cup #1
Assignment
What color did cup #8 turn out to be?
What color did cup #2 turn out to be?
What color did cup #4 turn out to be?
What color was #6?
What color was #5?
Now look at cups #1 and #7. Which cup do you think looks the most like violet?
Extra Credit
Take some sort of bowl and mix all the colors together. What color does it make? Get 5 house points if completed.
Email your answers to me at [email protected]. All answers must be in complete sentences.
If you have no access to food coloring or are not allowed to use it, don't worry. Instead of this assignment, you can answer what you think it would turn out to, but make sure you note that you didn't actually do it.
- 8 plactic/paper cups
- Marker (Sharpie)
- Water
- Food Colors in red, green, yellow, and blue
Instuctions For Preparation
- Write numbers 1 through 8 on the cups
- Fill up cups #1 and #7 halfway
- Fill up cups #2 and #6 3/4 of the way full
- Fill up cups #3 and #5 all the way full
- Fill up cups #4 and #8 1/4 of the way full
Instructions For Assignment
- Drop 2 drops of Red and 3 of Yellow into cup #8
- Drop 1 drop of green and 4 drops of blue into cup #2
- Drop 1 drop green and 3 of yellow into cup #4
- Drop 3 drops red and 2 drops yellow into cup #3
- Drop 1 drop green, 1 drop yellow, and 2 drops blue into cup #6
- Drop 1 drop blue and 3 drops red into cup #5
- Drop 2 red and 2 blue drops into cup #7
- Drop 1 red and 2 blue into cup #1
Assignment
What color did cup #8 turn out to be?
What color did cup #2 turn out to be?
What color did cup #4 turn out to be?
What color was #6?
What color was #5?
Now look at cups #1 and #7. Which cup do you think looks the most like violet?
Extra Credit
Take some sort of bowl and mix all the colors together. What color does it make? Get 5 house points if completed.
Email your answers to me at [email protected]. All answers must be in complete sentences.
If you have no access to food coloring or are not allowed to use it, don't worry. Instead of this assignment, you can answer what you think it would turn out to, but make sure you note that you didn't actually do it.