Let's make slime

Icky yucky sticky disgusting slime! Learn how to use household items to make your own cornflour slime.

Difficulty: Medium

Instructions

  1. Add two cups of cornflour to a bowl
  2. Slowly add a cup of water to a bowl
  3. Get stirring!
  4. Add a couple of drops of food dye
  5. Get stirring!

Cornflour slime doesn’t act like a normal fluid. Stir it slowly then stir it quickly- is there a difference? What if you punch it? Do you think water would respond in the same way?”

Slime is stir-thickening fluid. This means the harder your stir it, the thicker it gets. Can you think of any others?

Why not test the properties of some other fluids around your home?

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