On Friday, the Adom classroom was a scientific laboratory. With help from our counselor Kira, we created Oobleck, which is a suspension of cornstarch and water that can behave like a solid or a liquid depending on how much pressure you apply. Try to grab some in your hand and it will form a solid ball in your palm just until you release the pressure, then it will flow out between your fingers. Many of our Adom teams friends waited and watched to see just what happened when they mushed their hands in, but soon, green Oobleck was all the rage! Our friends took some time to think about Oobleck in a more critical fashion as well. We created and answered a page of questions that made us think about what would happen if things were added or changed with the Oobleck.
Our questions were: What happens when you...
Squeeze the Oobleck?
Shape it into a ball?
Bang on the Oobleck?
Put a fork in the Oobleck?
Many of the Adom friends had quite a bit to say about the gooey green slime too!
Matthew- It is like gooey bugs in your mouth! Like bug slime on a frog's tongue!
Jesse- It's gucky and it's fun!
Nathaniel- It's hard, but it's also slimey AND gooey!
Daniel- It is slimey in my hand.
Josh- It is gooey but is feels good!
Avery- It's a sack of yuck and it's a lot of fun!
It's easy to see our science explorers were enjoying this non-Newtonian discovery with as much curiosity as excitement!
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