FarmSoap
Pesticide-cleansing soap for farmers
Duration:
4 weeks
Group size:
5-6 students
Outcome:
Formulate an eco-friendly, pesticide-cleansing soap from scratch which effectively gets rid of bacteria
Prerequisites:
High GPU Computer or Laptop. No tablets/iPads
Fees:
Please contact us at team@create-ed.in
Week by week curriculum
Session 1
Learn how pesticides adhere to skin and why conventional soaps often fail to remove them.
Session 2
Use databases to gather molecular structures, solubility, and hydrophobicity data for common agricultural pesticides.
Session 3
Study predicted pesticide–skin binding using hydrophobicity maps and affinity models.
Session 4
Screen natural surfactants and chelators computationally to determine which best detach pesticide residues.
Session 5
Convert insights into a final ingredient mix with chosen surfactants, chelators, and safe additives.
Session 6
Prepare the soap base and integrate the primary surfactants identified through bioinformatics.
Session 7
Add chelators and other functional ingredients, then mix, pour, and set the soap.
Session 8
Unmold, finish, and present the completed pesticide-removal soap.