- A cup of cornflour
- ½ a cup of water
- a few drops of food colouring (Ms Parkers favourite colour!)
This substance presented us with many questions. While it looked like a solid and acted like a solid, it also had many properties of a liquid.
We had great fun learning (and making a mess!) and learnt how the strength of the molecular bonds determined the properties displayed. Here's a couple of photos - unfortunately more were not taken as clean-up became a priority.
LET THE MIXING COMMENCE!
SAM PROVING THAT A SOLID CAN BE MADE
