Science at Home: Milk Flower

This is a lovely and colourful experiment that shows how soap works! It is brought to you by Lahiru and Malinthi.

Dr Lahiru Gangoda is a cancer researcher and a member of Team WEHI. Her research is on finding better ways to treat skin cancer. Don’t forget wear your sun screen! You can read more about Lahiru here.

Malinthi is in grade 5. She loves science and looking after the environment. She is an environmental leader as her school and this year she participated in the Science Victoria’s Science Talent Search “Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans” and NATA Young Scientist of the Year competition on Food Safety. She also loves dogs, dancing (ballet, tap, jazz) and playing music (piano, trombone and guitar).

*Science is great fun! But please, always check with an adult before you start your experiment*