Quick & Fun Experiments: Oobleck!

 

Today's experiment is oobleck! If you've never played around with oobleck then you have been missing out! It has the weirdest consistency ever and behaves like a liquid and a solid! If you want to know more about this experiment, keep scrolling down!

What you'll need: 

  • 1 Cup of water 
  • 2 Cups of corn starch
  • Food colouring of your choice (optional)
  • Large bowl

What to do: 

  1. Put 2 cups of corn starch into a bowl. 
  2. Slowly pour in 1 cup of water into the corn starch. Stir the mixture together as you're pouring the water into the bowl.
  3. Once the mixture has come together, all you do now is enjoy playing around with the weird mixture! 

                                                  

Why does this happen?:


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