Is slime a touchy object? It’s squishy, oozy and fun to play with!
Slime moves like a liquid, but it can be picked up like a solid. When you pull it slowly it oozes, but pull it to fast, and it breaks apart! It doesn’t have a shape but can take on the shape of the container it is in.
There is even a natural version of slime in the form of mucus (snot and boogers).
Solid? Liquid? What is Slime?
Instead of free-flowing, the molecules have now become tangled and create what we call slime.
Slime is neither a solid nor a liquid. Instead, scientists call this substance a non-Newtonian fluid. Which means if you let slime ooze through your fingers, it flows like a thick liquid. When you squeeze a non-Newtonian fluid, it feels hard, like a wet solid. This is because squeezing the particles in the slime makes it hard for them to slide against each other.
Make your own slime!
1. Gather your ingredients.
Mixing Bowl and spatula, 1 bottle of white flue (4 fl oz.), 1 tbsp baking soda, 1 tbsp contact lens solution (saline), food coloring (optional).
2. Mix the ingredients together.
Empty about half the glue into the bowl, mix the baking soda in with the glue. Once the baking soda and glue are blended into a paste, add the food coloring. Add a little saline and stir, until the mixture becomes spongy and less sticky. Add additional saline as needed. Once it no longer sticks, you can touch it, and play!
3. Takeaway Project.
Try manipulating the recipe and see what different consistencies can be made! Even adjust the food coloring, what are the different colors that you can make?
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