Ingredients
Directions
Science of Homemade Slime
Science of Super Slime
100
The two different slimes in the slime lab.
What are homemade slime and super slime?
100
In the first step of the homemade slime, these two ingredients are combined.
What are glue and water?
100
How homemade slime should be stored so it doesn't grow mold.
What is in a plastic bag in the refrigerator?
100
The individual molecules that make up water.
What is H2O?
200
The common ingredients to both types of slime.
What are Borax and water?
200
Step two of the homemade slime requires one cup of water to be mixed with this.
What is one teaspoon of Borax?
200
The type of polymer created when the Borax links the polyvinyl acetate molecules to each other.
What is a large, flexible polymer?
200
The term polymer comes from these words.
What is "many parts?"
300
The ingredient specifically needed for homemade slime but not for super slime.
What is Elmer's glue?
300
Add the glue mixture to the borax solution and knead it with your hands.
What are steps 3 and 4 of the homemade slime?
300
This happens to the homemade slime the more it is handled.
What is it becomes more like putty and stiffer?
300
What the borax acts as.
What is a "cross-linker?"
400
The ingredient specifically needed for super slime.
What is PVA, polyvinyl alcohol?
400
Making a 4% solution of polyvinyl alcohol for the super slime.
What stirring 1 1/2 teaspoons of PVA to 1/2 cup of water in a large bowl?
400
This happens to the Borax when it is mixed with water.
What is dissolved?
400
The type of bonds formed when the borax molecules link the PVA chains to each other.
What are hydrogen bonds?
500
The one ingredient that is optional for each type of slime and can be chosen by each group.
What is food coloring?
500
The amount of Borax solution to be added to the PVA solution in the Ziplock bag for the super slime.
What is 2 teaspoons or 10 mL?
500
The ingredient in glue that is a liquid polymer.
What is polyvinyl acetate?
500
The reason hydrogen bonds can break and reform while super slime is handled.
What is they are weak?
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