The Green Glue

There was a learning center set up to mix glue and starch together. We had to do a worksheet of what we thought the outcome would be and I thought it would turn into a hard substance. I put the amount of both substances together and started mixing, after awhile the substance was still runny. I kept using my own ideas by adding alittle starch then adding alittle glue. It took watching what my other classmates were doing to take my substance out of the bowl and mixing it together with my hands. After twenty minutes or so of mixing the glue and starch with my hands it began to starch turning into a slick substance. Others may know it as silly putty, the more you played with it the more it came together. It was a fun and learning experience for the class. Some students put food coloring in their substance and too much food coloring made their silly putty turn runny and they had to start their experiment over. I luckily did not put that much green in mine and was able to come out with the results on my first try.

I believe my classmates and myself helped me succeed in my experiment, helping me to realize the odd things that you can experiment with your students and still come out with the students learning and becoming more creative