Oobleck

My mom has been a great asset in supplying my homeschooling classroom with wonderful workbooks, reading books and manipulatives as well as educational advice. As of this past May she is now a retired school teacher. Which means those past few weeks of school she was cleaning out and packing boxes of things to bring to me :)

She came down for a visit and brought this. A box of Borax. Never heard of it? Neither had I. What do you do with this??? Besides laundry?

You make Oobleck.

1/2 c glue
1/2 c water
food coloring
stir
1/2 c water
1 t Borax
stir
mix together

It's kinda like silly putty and you can make it any color you wish. Something new, something fun and something the kids could help make. Win!

We also added in a little science lesson, placed a raw egg in a cup added some vinegar and waited for it to turn into a rubber egg. Pretty cool stuff!