Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Quicksand

Our last science experiment was creating Quicksand. It only requires cornstarch and water and it's a ton of fun!

First we dumped the cornstarch in a container:


Then poured in some water. Son poured the whole pitcher in which diluted it too much. We had no more cornstarch so I added arrowroot powder to balance it out:


The constarch was very thick and hard to mix:


But liquidy when the kids picked it up. It felt so cool:




I hid some treasures in the mixture for them to find:


Beware! This caused a HUGE mess, but well worth it!
 
 
 

 

 


 


 

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