Why Does Soap Clean Things?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Owing to the movement game, students will enact and understand how soap washes off dirt. They will also experiment with making foam from various detergents and they will make their own bath bombs.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
2-PS1- Matter and its Interactions

You will need

Garbage bags in different colors, bowls of water, pepper, protective gloves, soap, detergents, baking soda and oil.

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Authors

Author: Justyna Jureczek, Marta Loffer
Authors: Monika Koperska, Jakub Milczarek - Authors of the “Microscopic Theater” movement game
Methodology: Monika Zwierko
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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