Slime

Slime Recipe #1

Homemade slime: A favorite polymer experiment of all kitchen scientists, big and small.  This experiment explores how substances interact to create new substances.

Lab Materials:

§  Borax

§  Water

§  Elmer’s or other white glue

§  Mixing Bowl

§  Food Coloring

Lab Procedure:

Common sense caution:  Wash hands after playing with the slime.  Borax is a potentially caustic chemical that should not be ingested.  Conduct experiments with adult supervision!

Pour 4 ounces of glue in a bowl.  What does it feel like?

Add 3-6 drops of food coloring to the glue (Hey, who said slime has to be green?).

In a separate container mix 1 tablespoon of borax into 1½ cups of water (Note that the measurements don’t exact).

This looks gross

 

Slowly pour 1/3 cup of the water mixture into the bowl with the glue & food coloring.  As you stir, the glue will become stringy.  What does it feel like now? Add more water solution if needed.

Feel free to knead the mixture by hand, the more you work it, the faster it will come together.   The end process will look like this:

Ask your scientist what it feels like now?  Try to pull it apart.  Dunk the slime in the left over borax water mixture.  Knead the water into your slime ball and then try to pull it apart.  It should break apart easier and kind of have a snap to it.  The more you dunk it, the snappier it will become (up to a point).

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