Give It A Shake, Cornstarch Comes Alive

Resource for Grades 6-8

Give It A Shake, Cornstarch Comes Alive

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Video

Running Time: 3m 40s
Size: 29.7 MB


Source: Science Friday

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National Science Foundation

Science Friday brings you a science fair project for the recession: combine cornstarch and water and make a fluid with bizarre physical properties, on the cheap. Physicists Robert Deegan, of the University of Michigan, and Harry Swinney, of the University of Texas at Austin, explain why the mixture comes to life under the right conditions.

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