? Watch the video of Sarah’s school science experiment here!
Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for fun way to explore states of matter and solubility this experiment is for you!
Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.
Science with Sarah: Invite KSAT to your school for live science experiments. (KSAT)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED
For the solubility experiment:
For the oobleck:
DO THE SOLUBILITY EXPERIMENT
MAKE THE OOBLECK
Meteorologist Sarah Spivey makes oobleck (Copyright KSAT 2023 – All rights reserved)
Ball the oobleck in your hands and feel it become a solid (Copyright KSAT 2023 – All rights reserved)Watch as the oobleck quickly turns back into a liquid (Copyright KSAT 2023 – All rights reserved)
HOW IT WORKS
Because cornstarch is not totally soluble in water, it can make a non-Newtonian fluid when combined with water.
A non-Newtonian fluid does not follow Newton’s laws of viscosity. That may be a mouthful, but basically oobleck it is a fluid that can exist both as a solid and a liquid depending on how much force you use!
SCIENCE WITH SARAH
If you’d like Sarah and David to come to your school and conduct a science experiment live on KSAT, email sciencewithsarah@ksat.com.
Parents and guardians: upload a video of your child performing the activity by clicking here. Send it in and you might see it on GMSA @ 9 a.m.!