I’ll bet you never did anything as a kid that was a complete waste of time, but was satisfying and fun. Let’s face it! One of the perks of being a kid is putting hours and hours into a focused activity that may have no practical purpose. Maybe you and your friends dug a hole …
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Make Oobleck: A Non-Newtonian Fluid
Oobleck! It’s a funny name for an odd fluid that defies general liquids’ properties, which earns it the category of non-Newtonian behavior. The defining characteristic of oobleck is that its viscosity changes depending on shear rate, meaning the fluidity changes depending on how much pressure is put on the liquid. If little pressure is put …
Make “Clouds”: Ivory Soap in the Microwave
Here’s an easy two-minute experiment you can try in your microwave. All you need is a bar of Ivory soap! (Take note that you must use Ivory soap for this project to work.) What You Need: Ivory bar soap Knife Directions Step 1 Unwrap a bar of Ivory soap and cut it into six pieces …
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Freezer Art
Breaking news from my freezer this week, there’s more ice art! I mentioned odd natural ice formations in my freezer before, but this one is different than the leftover crystals because it was freshly frozen. Here’s how it went down: An uncooked, square dish of lasagna was topped by a layer plastic wrap, and then …
Leftover Crystals
In preparation for Thanksgiving I was riffling through my freezer and discovered a leftovers container that was long forgotten. I vaguely recall I was going to use that last bite ages ago. Just before I cleaned up the storage container I decided that forgetting actually turned out to be a thing of beauty. One woman’s …