Materials
Gloves
Small plastic cups
Cooking oil
Food coloring
Multicolored glitter
Water16-ounce (500 m
L) plastic soda bottle and cap, label removed
Plastic spoons
Instructions
1. Wearing gloves, pour cooking oil into small plastic cups.
2. Invite the children to add a few drops of food coloring and to each cup. Have them sprinklesome glitter in each cup.
3. Pour water into the bottle until it is roughly one-half to two-thirds full.
4. Add a few spoonfuls of oil from each cup to the bottle. Close the cap securely.
5. Ask the children to observe the shapes that form in the water.
6. When the oil settles, invite the children in turn to shake the bottle and observe the changingcolors and shapes.More to doCooking: Mold gelatin in different shapes.Science: Create slime or flubber and watch it conform to the shape of its container. Bring a lavalamp to class.
