Tuesday, March 10, 2009

It's a Solid...It's a Liquid...NO...it's OOBLIK

I'm not sure how I taught all those years, through all grades K-5 and did NOT encounter OOBLIK before this...but, today that changed...for today, we made: OOBLIK...
OOBLIK? You ask? Well, if you were like me, you would have no idea what I am talking about...is it a drink? a dog breed? a bad word? nope...none of the above...it's basically just corn starch and water (and we threw in some food coloring for fun!)

The day started out ordinary: Doin' their seat work, reading, working on the computer...but then came time for experiments!!! They had been waiting all weekend (I kinda played it up I hate to admit...fortunately, it was worth it!)
Here are a few pictures of their reactions...we played with it forever...it is the weirdest stuff ever.