For MST week we were given the opportunity to teach a science concept to the rest of the class. It was really fun to be at the front of the classroom doing our teachers’ job but of course they did help us out when we needed it.
We posed the question, ‘Is it a solid or a liquid?’ and then made a corn flour and water mix following given instructions. Our class mates offered lots of ideas as to what they thought and why and after we all had a feel of it, explored it and shared ideas, I taught them that it was in fact both – a colloid!
Lots of children commented that it was like ‘Oooblek’ or ‘slime’ and they all seemed to really enjoy the task too which made us feel great and confident.
Finally, we came up with a conclusion to answer the original question and wrote this up. All children have been given a slip to take home detailing how to make this at home and we are hoping families will get involved too and that pupils from BHJS will be teaching their parents about this colloid.
