Squishy Science Fun February 9, 2010

The January edition of Second Saturday Science was a bit of a potpourri.

The most fun may have been the old standard: Corn Starch and water.

Corn Starch and water mix into lots of fun

The science here was mostly just checking out the weird feel of this kind-of fluid/kind-of solid.

Technically, it’s known as a Non-Newtonian Fluid. That’s a fancy way of saying that this substance doesn’t follow the rules for fluids that were established by old Sir Isaac himself.

We also did some more spaghetti science. All of our experiments can be done at home, but this one is especially fun: Try breaking a long, thin piece of pasta in half when holding it on the ends. Can’t be done! Why not? Well, c’mon down next month and tell us your theory, there are plenty of them out there on the internet.

Speaking of the ‘net, the communication is so deafening there that kids today never make telephones with string and cups. We did, experimenting with sound waves the whole time.

Mr. Watson! Come here! (Fun with sound wave science)

So, be sure to come for the February event. As always, you can stop in anytime between 10 and noon February 13th at the Whole Foods on Washington at I-25. See you there and then!