Spencer's Farm teaches science lessons about making homemade goats milk soap! Learn science facts, science definitions, science terms and safety tips!
Basic science lesson for making homemade soap:
1. Add granulated lye to liquid.
2. Add the liquid lye to oil and mix well.
3. Congratulations, you have soap!
First, you may want to familiarize yourself with some science terms. Throughout this website you'll see words: saponification, molecule, glycerin, bioactive, superfatting and other science terms.
Use
science definitions
as a reference guide, if you need.
Science facts
will help you understand how soap is, actually, formed. Also, find out why Great Grandma's homemade soap is different than the modern day homemade soap.
When making homemade soap, you'll be using chemicals, such as lye and essential oils.
*** CAUTION! ***
Lye can produce, painful, burns if it contacts the skin! Wear safety gloves, goggles and protective shoes, at all times, when handling lye. If you happen to spill lye, it can be neutralized with vinegar. Wipe down all areas, thoroughly, to make sure all lye is completely neutralized. Clean all soap making equipment with soap and water, thoroughly, to get rid of any lye residue.
Science Trivia is one category of "Fun Trivia" questions and answers. You can test your science knowledge about making homemade soap. All answers are given after you play the games. Go ahead and play!
Learn how to make soap by doing it! Attend soap making classes with "hands on" experience, here, at Spencer's Farm. Receive, one-on-one, soap making instructions, from a master soap maker!