Creating Oobleck
Looking back: What happend?
How did your experiment turn out?
Our experiment with Oobleck went well as I got to learn about how Oobleck is not a solid or a liquid because it behaves as both at the same time. Here is a picture of how our Oobleck looked.
Looking back: What happend?
How did your experiment turn out?
Our experiment with Oobleck went well as I got to learn about how Oobleck is not a solid or a liquid because it behaves as both at the same time. Here is a picture of how our Oobleck looked.
Looking Beyond:
What do you think has happened? What’s the science?
Try to explain your observations or results on a molecular level.
When we added water to the corn starch it began to become more of a liquid than a solid but when we touched it, it acted like a solid. The more water that we added the more it turned from Oobleck into a regualr liquid. When force was applied to the Oobleck its resistance to flow increased making it act more like a solid. This is because Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid that doesn't act like most other fluids.
What questions came up during the experiment?
I think we were all asking wether or not Oobleck was a liquid or a solid and how adding water to corn starch would make this substance.
Did you do any further investigation on the science behind it?
Yes, our teacher showed us the three main states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas. But because Oobleck doesn't behave like any of the three main states of matter, it's qualified as a non-Newtonian fluid, a type of fluid that doesn't act like most fluids.
Looking inward:
Did you get desirable results?
Yes, I think that our results went well as we got to see how non-Newtonian fluids act.
Looking Outward:
Who did you work with?
Kim, Ashleigh, Max, and Marcus.
How did your group preform?
I thought our group did good working together to create Oobleck, we all helped to create it and cleaning up.
Looking Forward:
If you could do this again, what would you change to get better results?
I would probably want to double the ingredients, and make a larger portion so everyone could have a stress ball and so everyone would have the change to mix the two ingredients together, and of course make a bigger oobleck.
If you were organizing a group for the next lab activity, who would you choose to work with again?
I would work with Ashleigh and Kim again because I feel like we work really well together, and they are fun to be in a group with.
Do you see any way to continue this experiment? Would you want to?
There wasn't that much to do with the Oobleck besides touch it and try and find out wether its a solid or liquid.
Take aways:
What skills, techniques, or pieces or wisdom did you get from this activity?
I learned about non-Newtonian fluids and how they behave.
What do you think has happened? What’s the science?
Try to explain your observations or results on a molecular level.
When we added water to the corn starch it began to become more of a liquid than a solid but when we touched it, it acted like a solid. The more water that we added the more it turned from Oobleck into a regualr liquid. When force was applied to the Oobleck its resistance to flow increased making it act more like a solid. This is because Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid that doesn't act like most other fluids.
What questions came up during the experiment?
I think we were all asking wether or not Oobleck was a liquid or a solid and how adding water to corn starch would make this substance.
Did you do any further investigation on the science behind it?
Yes, our teacher showed us the three main states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas. But because Oobleck doesn't behave like any of the three main states of matter, it's qualified as a non-Newtonian fluid, a type of fluid that doesn't act like most fluids.
Looking inward:
Did you get desirable results?
Yes, I think that our results went well as we got to see how non-Newtonian fluids act.
Looking Outward:
Who did you work with?
Kim, Ashleigh, Max, and Marcus.
How did your group preform?
I thought our group did good working together to create Oobleck, we all helped to create it and cleaning up.
Looking Forward:
If you could do this again, what would you change to get better results?
I would probably want to double the ingredients, and make a larger portion so everyone could have a stress ball and so everyone would have the change to mix the two ingredients together, and of course make a bigger oobleck.
If you were organizing a group for the next lab activity, who would you choose to work with again?
I would work with Ashleigh and Kim again because I feel like we work really well together, and they are fun to be in a group with.
Do you see any way to continue this experiment? Would you want to?
There wasn't that much to do with the Oobleck besides touch it and try and find out wether its a solid or liquid.
Take aways:
What skills, techniques, or pieces or wisdom did you get from this activity?
I learned about non-Newtonian fluids and how they behave.