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Let’s Play and Find Out About Slime

November15

Corn Starch Slime
By Janice VanCleave

Slime is easy for kids to make and ever so fun for kids to to play with. This ooey, gooey, slippery, and slimy stuff provides a perfect opportunity to guide kids to discover new things by applying what they already know.

Teaching Tips

Telling kids in advance what is going to happen and why it happens is like revealing the plot of a murder mystery. Instead, I suggested that you GUIDE kids so that they learn by discovery. With inquiry questions from you, kids can be encouraged to apply previous knowledge to this new experience.

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A recipe for slime as well as 199 other fun science investigations are found in this science book by Janice VanCleave.

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