SLIME BY THE NUMBERS
So many people became SLIME obsessed the American
Chemical Society decided a SLIME fact sheet was needed.
Place 1 tablespoon of
water in a small plastic cup.
Add ¼ teaspoon of borax.
Mix until as much borax
dissolves as possible. If you
would like your slime to be a
certain color, add one or two
drops of food coloring to your
borax solution.
Place 1 tablespoon of water
in another cup and add 1
tablespoon of Elmer's glue.
Stir with a Popsicle stick
until the glue and water are
thoroughly mixed. This is
your glue solution.
Slowly pour all of the borax
solution into the glue solution, and
stir with a clean stick. You should
notice a sudden change in the
solutions. Your slime is done when
you can pick up your stick and most
of the slime comes out on the stick.
When you have some
nice thick slime, pull
it off the stick and
move it back and forth
between your hands.
The more you play,
the less sticky it gets.
Try pulling
the slime very
slowly to see
if it stretches.
Form the slime
into a ball and see
if it bounces. You
could put it over
the bottom of
an upside down
cup and watch it
slowly flow down.
Try flattening
your slime
into a
pancake and
then holding
it from one
edge to see
what it does.
BE SAFE
Put on your goggles.
Be sure to read and
follow all the cautions
on the borax box label.
Keep your slime away
from carpets, fabrics,
furniture, young
children, and pets.
Store it in a sealed
zip-closing plastic bag
when you are not
playing with it and
wash your hands after
playing with your slime.
Search SLIME on
YouTube for how-to
videos and recipes.
Slimy
Source:
acs.org
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