Cómo Hacer Slime
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STEM Activity
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It's gooey. It's sticky. It's slime! Learn to make your own homemade slime with this quick and easy recipe.
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Lesson Plan
Grade: 3rd-5th
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There are many different ways to make slime. In this lesson plan, your students will use the engineering design process to design their own slime product. They will need to decide on the desired properties for their slime and then experiment to find the best recipe.
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NGSS Performance Expectations:
- 3-5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
- 5-PS1-4. Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
- Optional: 5-PS1-2. Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved. (see Variations)
There are many different kinds of slime out there. Some slime is runny and liquid-like; other slime is thick and rubbery. Some slime glows in the dark, some is fluffy, and some is even magnetic! What set of properties makes the best slime? What kind of slime would you choose to make if you were selling slime as a toy in your own "slime shop"? In this project, you will experiment with different slime recipes and try to perfect one to make the best slime.
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Experiment with your own homemade slime recipe in this fun science activity! Written instructions are available on the Science Buddies website for both a "just for fun" activity and a science fair version of this project:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/how-to-make-slime?from=YouTube
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Chem_p012/chemistry/make-slime?from=YouTube
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