Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid made from 2 parts corn starch to 1 part water. It is also based off a substance in the book
Bartholomew and the Oobleck: (Caldecott Honor Book) (Classic Seuss).Well thats great but what is a non-Newtonian fluid you ask? It is a fluid that is not described by a single constant value of viscosity. With Oobleck it acts as a liquid when no force is applied, but if you try and hit it, it turns to a solid.
I was thinking big when I started this project not realizing how much cornstarch I would need. I used a container that could hold 1 gallon of water (I was going for more, but after initial looks figured that would be way to much corn starch.) Boy was I right on that one. I had to make a second trip to the store to purchase more cornstarch, which there has to be a cheaper way then buying boxes at the local supermarket.
The initial ingredients are 1 cup of water to 1.5 to 2 cups of cornstarch. Using 1gallon of water equals 16 cups so I would need about 32 cups of cornstarch. I had purchased 4 16 oz boxes of cornstarch to begin with.
So we have 64oz of cornstarch to begin with, and 1 cup of cornstarch is 6 oz, so we had 10 cups roughly. This is where I ran to the store. I bought 5 more packages (all that was left practically). So now we are at a total of 144oz of cornstarch for a total of 24 cups roughly. A little on the low side but I did not have the time to go get more. Each box of cornstarch was 1.69 so 15.25 was the total for this project, once again I hope to be able to find cornstarch in bigger quantities, maybe Costco.
Just want to say sorry for the sound of my voice, I was talking to my girls while trying to film us playing with it.
Overall I think that my daughters enjoyed the project, and can't wait for the next one to start.
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