Karina Garcia's DIY Slime
Create your own slime at home by following these 15 easy, borax-free slime recipes from YouTube sensation Karina Garcia. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Slime and Other Cool Science Activities
Do you love to make and play with slime? If you’ve ever mixed up a batch of slime, you created a chemical reaction polymer which is a long chain of molecules that often repeat themselves.
Have you ever made elephant toothpaste? By combining several ingredients, you can create a wonderful foamy chemical reaction called elephant toothpaste. No real elephants are involved.
Doing these fun science activities at home creates the foundation for your scientific education but the most important thing about slime and other science activities is that they are fun!
Here are some cool materials to get you started on your scientific journey.
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The Kid's Book of Simple Everyday Science
These 40 simple science activities will have young kids searching the house for everyday items to learn about temperature, pressure, water, air, heat and plants. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects: Build, Invent, Create, Discover
Learn about science in your own home kitchen using everyday materials. Put together a school project or simply make something incredible to share with your friends. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Mason Jar Science
Heatproof, transparent, and durable, the mason jar is a science lab just waiting to be discovered. Unlock its potential with 40 dynamic experiments for budding scientists. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.
Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments That Make Science Fun
Author, celebrity teacher and science guy Steve Spangler teaches you how to transform the ordinary into the amazing as you make everyday items ooze, bubble, fizz, pop.
Slime Sorcery
With over 100 creative, borax-free slime recipes, “Slime Sorcery” is packed with color photos and step-by-step instructions for making slime out of anything and everything. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Slippery Slime
Discover how to make fluffy slime, galaxy slime, magnetic slime-even slime that glows in the dark. Readers will also learn about matter, polymers, magnetic fields, and chemical reactions, and meet some of the world’s slimiest creatures.
Star Wars Maker Lab: 20 Craft and Science Projects
Offers young Star Wars fans projects and experiments inspired by the Star Wars universe, including instructions on making Jabba slime, Kyber crystals and an Ewok catapult. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
STEM Lab: 25 Super-Cool Projects: Build, Invent, Create, Discover
Presents over two dozen science activities demonstrating such scientific properties as forces and motion, chemical reactions, shapes and structures, and light and sound.