Saturday, October 17, 2009

Slime Lab!

We had a whole week of SLIME LAB!

Using both PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL changes, we produced a whole bunch of different slimes and goos! The best part about these is that you can make every single one at home all you want - with very inexpensive ingredients!


First, we used vinegar to create a CHEMICAL CHANGE in warm milk, separating a strange smelling substance called "casein" from the milk! The casein can be molded and dried out to make a plastic-like material. You can use it to make Christmas ornaments!








On Wednesday, we made a PHYSICAL CHANGE, combining flour, cornmeal, water, salt, and vegetable oil to make home made modeling dough!










On Thursday, we made a lightening fast CHEMICAL CHANGE, by adding Borax powder to wood glue and water! It instantly creates a substance very similar to Silly Putty! Try using blue gel glue for a translucent slime! Add yellow food coloring to make it look like something very disgusting!



Make sure you don't use too much water, or you'll end up with something like this:




Finally, my personal favorite goo to make is created by a PHYSICAL CHANGE of adding one part water to two parts cornstarch! This stuff is unbelievable!



Is it a liquid?
Or is it a solid? It can't seem to make up its mind!



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