Hunting for Starch in Ms Berry's Technicraft group

In Ms Berry's Technicraft science they explored the properties of starch and looked at using Iodine to find it in food and plants. Starch is the glucose molecule that plants produce when they photosynthesize. The iodine turns anything with a presence of starch in it black. We turned potato starch to gloop by adding boiling water and then we looked at how it can be runny but solid at the same time because of it's unique molecule behaviour. We experimented on various veggies, breads, sugar products and plants to see which contained the highest amount of starch. I really enjoyed using the eye droppers with the iodine it made me feel like a professional scientist!! The best bit was when Ms Berry asked us what we thought would happen if she poured Iodine onto the gloop. She did it and it went dense black like an explosion because it was completely made of pure starch!! Some of us accidentally found out our skin has starch on it..... and now we need to have a shower. Ms Berry got a sudden shock which led to her finding out the table does not have any starch in it- nor does the carpet!! All in a days science!!