As a part of Read Across America and Dr. Seuss's birthday, we read Bartholemew and the Oobleck.
In science, we are studying solids and liquids. We made oobleck
in science. Is oobleck a solid or a liquid? It was up to the first
graders to find out! When you punch it hard, it feels like a solid,
but if you poke it slow it feels like a liquid. It pours, but
you can also squeeze it. Oobleck has properties of both a solid
AND a liquid! We can make oobleck act like both a solid and a liquid. A
liquid like this is called a non-Newtonian fluid because it
does not follow the rules that Newton discovered most liquids
follow. Pretty cool, huh?
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| What we know about solids and liquids |
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| Hey this stuff is pretty cool! |
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| Feels pretty weird too! |
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| Definitely very MESSY! |
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| Hmm, I can kind of roll it in a ball, so it MUST be a solid! |
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| But hey, it can pour out of my hands, so it MUST be a liquid! |
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- 2 cups cornstarch
- 1 cup water
- A few drops of food coloring
That should get you to a good starting place, then add more water or cornstarch until you reach the right consistency.
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