Reply To: Module 5 – Rockets & Alien Chemistry

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Siobhan Rooney
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    Module 5
    Alien slime activity as a lesson for space week
    I would aim to create alien slime with my class as part of science week. I teach in an all-boys school, and they all love anything slime! For this simple lesson all you need is cornflour, water and food colouring. Place the cornflour in a bowl and slowly add water. The mixture should harden. Add any food colouring you wish.
    I will explain that the science behind this is that slime is a non-Newtonian liquid which means that is gets thicker when pressed or pushed down. This can easily be done as a whole class lesson where each table is given a different food colouring. The aliens can then be given names. An extension to this activity would be a creative writing activity based on aliens visiting a classroom as part of wide variety of activities for space week.

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