3rd Grade Science

On Friday afternoon, 3rd grade students worked on another fun lab during their Science period: making and observing Oobleck.  Oobleck is a “non-Newtonian fluid” – meaning a substance that can be a solid or a liquid depending on how much force is applied.

Breaking into small groups, students had to create a “hypothesis” and answer questions about what happened to the Oobleck under various conditions.

Here are a few pictures of the students enjoying getting messy with this hands-on project, which had them thinking about if Oobleck behaves like a solid or a liquid, or both! (Click pictures to enlarge).