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Let's Make Oobleck!

From SciShow Kids

Let's Make Oobleck!
5 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

“Let's Make Oobleck!” is a short SciShow Kids science video for the K–5 classroom. It explains the science behind a food and how it is made. Quick to drop into a science lesson, a center, or a few spare minutes before the bell.

Viewer safety

All ages
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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

This video explains the science behind a food and how it is made.

  1. What food does this video explain?
  2. What change turns the ingredients into this food?
  3. Can that change be undone once it's done?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: ingredient, mixture, heat, change.

Try it: With an adult, watch something cook and describe how it changed.

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