This document describes an activity where students make marbled paper by spreading colored shaving cream on paper. The activity investigates how water, polarity, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials interact. Students observe how food coloring spreads on paper, in water, and on shaving cream. They create patterns by dragging coloring through the shaving cream and pressing paper onto it. Lifted paper shows marbled patterns. Adding water to the colored shaving cream causes the colors to run, demonstrating hydrophilicity.
This document describes an activity where students make marbled paper by spreading colored shaving cream on paper. The activity investigates how water, polarity, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials interact. Students observe how food coloring spreads on paper, in water, and on shaving cream. They create patterns by dragging coloring through the shaving cream and pressing paper onto it. Lifted paper shows marbled patterns. Adding water to the colored shaving cream causes the colors to run, demonstrating hydrophilicity.
This document describes an activity where students make marbled paper by spreading colored shaving cream on paper. The activity investigates how water, polarity, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials interact. Students observe how food coloring spreads on paper, in water, and on shaving cream. They create patterns by dragging coloring through the shaving cream and pressing paper onto it. Lifted paper shows marbled patterns. Adding water to the colored shaving cream causes the colors to run, demonstrating hydrophilicity.
This document describes an activity where students make marbled paper by spreading colored shaving cream on paper. The activity investigates how water, polarity, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials interact. Students observe how food coloring spreads on paper, in water, and on shaving cream. They create patterns by dragging coloring through the shaving cream and pressing paper onto it. Lifted paper shows marbled patterns. Adding water to the colored shaving cream causes the colors to run, demonstrating hydrophilicity.
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS
RET POLYMER ACTIVITY # 2
SUMMER 2008
SUBMITTED TO SARAH MORGAN, Ph.D
SUBMITTED BY--AMY RUTLAND AND SHELLEY HUSKEY
June 9, 2008
MAKING MARBLED PAPER
Introduction:
To investigate water, polarity, and hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials, students will marble paper.
Materials: Substitutions:
Aerosol shaving cream (white)
Paper plate Spatula Tongue depressor Toothpicks Food coloring 3-4 index cards (3 x 5) Non-glossy card stock paper Dropper Water Transparent cups Beakers Paper towels
Procedure:
1. Read the label on the can of aerosol shaving cream. Record the contents on your student lab sheet. 2. Place a drop of food coloring on one index card. Observe and record how the drop spreads on your student lab sheet. 3. Fill the cup half full with room temperature water. 4. Add a drop of food coloring to the water (DO NOT STIR!). Observe and record how the drop spreads on your student lab sheet. 5. Spray a fist-sized pile of shaving cream onto the paper plate. Use the spatula to spread the shaving cream until it is slightly larger than the index card and the surface is flat. 6. Apply four to six drops of food coloring to the surface of the shaving cream, one drop at a time. Observe and record how the drops spread on your student lab sheet. 7. Using a toothpick, create patterns by dragging the food coloring through the shaving cream. 8. Press the index card onto the shaving cream surface. Record on your student lab sheet what you observe through the back of the index card. 9. Lift paper off the shaving cream. Scrape off any excess with the spatula and return the excess to the pile. Observe the front of the paper and record observations on your student lab sheet. 10. Repeat steps 7-9 with additional index cards. 11. Use spatula to mix left over shaving cream until it is one uniform color. (If most of the food coloring has been removed by the paper, add an addition 1-5 drops before mixing.) 12. Using a dropper, add a drop of water to the tinted shaving cream. Observe what happens and record on your student lab sheet.
Adapted from a classroom activity printed in the Journal of Chemical Education.
MAKING MARBLED PAPER STUDENT LAB SHEET
1. Observations of food coloring:
a. Paper:
b. Water:
c. Shaving cream:
2. What did you observe through the back of the index card?
3. What did you observe on the front of the index card?
4. What do you think happened?
5. What occurred when water was placed on the tinted shaving cream?
Extension questions: 1. Compare and contrast the spreading observed when food coloring was dropped on the index card and shaving cream, and into the water.
2. Based on your observations, what assumptions can be made about the polarity of food coloring and paper? Explain. 3. Paper contains cellulose, which is a polymer of glucose. Below is the structure of cellulose. Using the structure, explain the assumption you made regarding paper’s polarity.
4. Shaving cream creates a lather similar to a foam. A foam is a colloid of gas
dispersed in a liquid. What other common products are foam or lather colloids?
5. Since artists have created marbled papers for centuries, do you think the artist’s understanding of materials influenced his/her work? Explain.
