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Challenge 011 · Ages 6–12
Homemade Slime
Investigate polymers by making slime.
Primary STEAM area
Science
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you make slime and investigate how changing ingredients affects its properties?
Learning outcomes
- Recognise polymers as materials with distinctive properties.
- Follow a controlled method safely.
- Compare texture, stretch or viscosity and explain observed changes.
Connected learning
Science: materials, mixtures and polymers; Mathematics: measuring quantities; English: procedural writing; Art: colour and sensory design.
Dream Areas
Chemistrymaterials sciencechemical engineeringproduct developmentlaboratory science