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Countertop chemistry experiment that can be used for a potions class.

Materials:

tumbler
water
red food coloring
vegetable oil
coarse/kosher salt

Instructions:

I found this experiment in an American Girl magazine. They called it Red-Hot Retro, and basically you're making a mini-lava lamp. You'll need a tumbler, half filled with water. Add red food coloring, stir, and then add vegetable oil until the glass is almost full. Then you add some coarse/kosher salt to make the oil bubble. Add more salt to make it bubble again when it slows down.