38 Oobleck Experiments

Having Fun With Everyone’s Favorite Non-Newtonian Fluid

I had never heard of oobleck, not even from Dr. Seuss, until I bought a chemistry book for my pre-teen that mentioned the sometimes-liquid and sometimes-solid properties of a mixture of cornstarch and water. We learned together, during homeschooling, that this is one type of non-Newtonian fluid, which is to say a fluid that does not…