Cedar Creek Science Club Adventures

Hey Science Club members and enthusiast. Would you like to have a TASTY treat, perform some GROSS experiments at home and make some slime along the way. Well these at home experiments are for you

• ½ cup milk or cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 cups crushed ice
• 4 tablespoons salt
• 2 quart size freezer bags
• 1 gallon size freezer bag
  

1. Mix the milk, vanilla, and sugar together in a quart sized Ziploc freezer bag. Remove the air and zip it closed.
2. Place the bag in a second quart sized freezer bag to provide extra protection for the ice cream in case the seal accidentally breaks.
3. Place the double-bagged ice cream mixture into a gallon size freezer bag. Fill the gallon size freezer bag with crushed ice and sprinkle the salt over the ice. Remove the extra air from the gallon bag and seal it closed.
4. Use your hands to carefully shake or massage the bag for 5 to 8 minutes. You’ll be able to feel the consistency of the ice cream mixture through the bag in order to determine if it is ready to eat.

1. Mix 90 milliliters of water with 5 milliliters sodium tetraborate in a beaker.
2. To a plastic bag, add 15 milliliters white glue and 15 milliliters water.
3. Close the bag and mix.
4. Add 10 milliliters of the sodium tetraborate solution from the beaker into the plastic bag.
5. Mix until the substance thickens.

1. Place water and liquid starch into a plastic baggie.

1. Add 15 milliliters (1 tablespoon) of white glue, close the bag and mix for one minute.
2. Add another 15 milliliters ( 1 tablespoon) of white glue and mix for one more minute, then let stand for several minutes.
3. A putty-like substance will form.
4. For best results, squeeze the putty through your hands to dry it off and to get an incredibly gross feeling on your fingers.
   

1. Measure about 30 milliliters of cornstarch into a mixing bowl.
2. Slowly add 120 milliliters of water.Mix with your hands.
3. Continue adding a little cornstarch and a little water until you get a mixture that has the consistency of honey. (Add more cornstarch to make it thicker, more water to make it thinner.)
4. Sink your hand into the bowl of quicksand.
   
5. Compare what it feels like to move your hand slowly and then very fast.