First of all I would like to apologize for not getting an experiment done in a couple of weeks. Between moving my sister, school, and getting really sick, I had a hard time trying to find the time. Believe me when I say that I was dying to get an experiment done!
I am doing this experiment in two parts. For those of you who are familiar with Chemistry, you know that when you need red cabbage you are most likely going to test acids and bases. But first you need to make your indicator, that is where the red cabbage comes in. For those of you who are not familiar with what an indicator is, (for this kind of experiment) it is just a substance that reacts and indicates whether something is a base or an acid. How does it react? We’ll have to see tomorrow.
Boiling a few red cabbage leaves in a pot with water is the way I have always known how to make a indicator with red cabbage but Mr. Spangler surprised me with a different and faster way to make it.
I took about four red cabbage leaves and put them in a blender. Then i filled it up about half way with water.
Then I ground and chopped the leaf and water mixture and finely as I could.
Ah, look at that beautiful blend of science! Anyway, I then took a strainer and I filtered the juice. Look at the pieces in the strainer, not a lot left!
Look at how purple that juice is! So now that liquid is our indicator for the rest of our experiment tomorrow! SO excited to see this! I would like to thank The Bockisch Family for letting me have their left over red cabbage for my experiment.
I hope you are all just as excited to see what happens as I am! See you tomorrow!
