Oobleck is a fun lab that encourages students to think critically. Students are challenged to determine the properties that make up this foreign substance known as Oobleck. After making observations, students are given the task of figuring out how a spaceship could land on a planet with Oobleck as its surface. Innovative and memorable, Oobleck will make for an exciting and worthwhile lab experience!
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Oobleck Lab Observation and Writing Assignment
1. Oobleck Investigation
Last year NASA sent a
research spaceship to the
outer reaches of our solar
system. They found a planet
like Earth. The only problem is
that the surface is like the
substance you will create
today in your lab. Your group
needs to determine the
properties of this substance
and decide how NASA can
land a spaceship on the
planets surface.
2. Oobleck Investigation
Key question:
What are some
properties of
Oobleck?
Key Concept:
Oobleck has both
liquid and solid
properties
depending on its
treatment.
Some questions to
investigate:
What is it?
Can it hold weight?
What are its
properties? Is it wet,
dry, solid, liquid?
What can you do to
make it react
differently?
List your observations
and discoveries.
3. Oobleck Spaceship Design
Design and draw a
spaceship that could
land on this newly
discovered planet
made of Oobleck.
Draw Neatly & Color
In 5 or more
sentences, explain
why your spaceship
would successfully
land on the Oobleck
surface.