Science - Making Slime!

As you have been bugging me all half-term about making slime, I finally decided that today was the day to do it. We have been learning all about solids and liquids for the last six weeks during our Science lessons:

• That liquids can be poured, that they will take the shape of whatever container you put them in, that they will run through our fingers...
• That not ALL solids are hard, but that they do not change their shape when placed in a containers, and that MOST of them cannot be poured.
• SOME solids, like sand, sugar or salt, are made up of hundreds of tiny particles, and because of this they sometimes act like liquids.
• Solids turn in to liquids through a process called MELTING.
• Liquids turn in to solids through a process called SOLIDIFICATION.

This afternoon in Science we made slime - something that behaved like a solid and a liquid! It was dead easy to make: just take 3/4 tablespoons of cornflour or custard powder, put in a large bowl, and slowly mix in water from a jug. Mix until all of the powder has disappeared, but the mixture isn't too runny.

When you have made your slime, pick it up! Play with it... try punching it, or letting it run through your fingers (just tell Mum and Dad before you make it... it does make an awful mess)!