To learn about the makeup of different white powders.

There are  a number of different white powders in our everyday life. Some of these are harmful and others are not. Test the four white powders listed to see which one has been found at the airport.

Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.

Flour

Cornflour

Sugar

Salt

Baking Soda

Baking Powder

Icing Sugar

Tartaric Acid

Citric Acid

Gluten Free flour

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Upload a photo of each powder.

1.  Cornflour
2.  Baking Soda
3.  Salt
4. Sugar 

On the black cardboard using a microscope you need to record what you see. You will be given a small amount of 4 white powders on your cardboard. Look at them under your microscope and record what you see. 
Do not mix the powders or taste the powders.

Findings:

	Sugar	Salt	Baking Soda	Cornflour
Appearance	white	white	white	white
Texture	crystal are big	crystal are small	fluffy	super fluffy
Smell	sweetness	growth	sodium	corn
Iodine	wet changed colour to dark orange	dissolved	hardened	hardened and turned black
Water	got wet no change	no change	hardened	made oobleck its a hard goey liquid
Vinegar	wet no change	no change	it fizzed	it hardin and no change

Write a paragraph about your findings.

when you add chemicals to different materials it creates staff.