Before Halloween I entered a contest to win 50 gallons of slime. Not really comprehending what 50 gallons would look like. ( I’m a metric girl!) Both kids have a fascination for science so I thought it would be an excellent prize for them and they could share with their friends.
We won!
The boxes arrived.
I worked with my son’s elementary teacher and she suggested sharing with the whole year group.
Imagine a whole class of children making oobleck! This is exactly what they did!
Clear and simple instructions with a scientific explanation meant it was easy to set up and deliver.
Having two liquids in plastic cups was exciting especially with one being green.
Mrs S. had primed the class with a story beforehand and had prepared a worksheet. The kids were right to it with their observations and drawings.
I knew the best was yet to come……adding one liquid into the other and stirring. Oh….my ….. goodness! Mrs S had enlisted a fourth grade buddy class to help. So each child had an older partner.
………….Pour slowly and stir carefully………… The normal level of talking slowed as the mini groups poured and stirred with concentration. The classroom was suddenly very small with lots of children doing a fantastic experiment. There’s always a first group who can’t help themselves, ” Wow! Look at that!” followed very quickly by the same thing happening all around the room. The liquid was turning into a “semi-solid” .( A term the kids coined. I have no idea how scientific it is but really summed up what we could see happening in front of us.) I thought at this point we’d loose some of the stirring because they were so excited you could feel and hear the excitement rising in the room. But everywhere I looked I saw the back of heads and kids peering into their experiments. As I went by, or any adult, they were telling you about what they could see in a rush of jumbled words. It was way cool to see a whole bunch of kids so excited conducting a science experiment.
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I love your story… and I’m so glad you won. Can’t wait to see the video and pictures of your kids doing it. There’s nothing better than hundreds of excited kids running around with slime.
–Steve Spangler
Thank you for entering our contest and congrats on winning all of that slime (and it was a TON!) I’m glad you found a good way to share the wealth. It sounds like the kids had a blast and got excited about science.
Fifty gallons of slime! How fun! That is really cool that you took it to school to share with everyone – I loved the slideshow/video! Hearing all of the kids reacting to it was the greatest! 🙂
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