Polymer Slime

Materials:

·         , such as Elmer's glue or .

·         Liquid Laundry Starch, such as  (laundry aisle of fewer and fewer grocery stores   ) .  Put the starch in a small cup or better yet, an empty water bottle with a with one of those pop top lids (you know, the lids you can pull open and push closed.)

·         A paper or styrofoam plate for mixing.

·         A ziptop bag, film canister, plastic easter egg or similar container for storage of your slime

Procedure:

1.        Squeeze a blob of glue the size of a quarter onto the plate.

2.        Add about a tablespoon of  liquid starch onto the glue.

3.        Now, prepare to get messy.  Take two fingers and use a circular motion to combine the glue and starch together.  If it stays gluey, add a few more drops of liquid starch.

4.        Pick up the blob and knead it in the palm of your hand, using your fingertips.

Result:  You've made a cool polymer slime!  Some times it comes out real slimy, sometimes it comes out more rubbery.  Make several batches till you get a few you like.

More Fun:

·         Colored Slime:  Color your slime with water based colored markers and knead the color throughout them

Polymers are very important molecules and are all around us, even inside us!  The basic polymer molecule is a large molecule with repeating chains of chemical units.  Polymers occur naturally as well as being manmade.  Some examples of natural polymers are cellulose, starch and even DNA.