Sunday, 26 October 2014

Year 7 make red cabbage indicator

Year 7 have been studying acids and alkalis and have used a number of different indicators to tell them about the pH of substances. Last week they had a go at making their own out of red cabbage.

First they crushed the cabbage with warm water using a pestle and mortar.


Then they filtered the mixture to get their indicator.


Then they could test the indicator with substances and note the colour change.