We decided to do a science project when we had one of our old neighbors over. It was nice to have an extra set of hands to help with keeping the littlest hands out of the experiment.
This was with our Glow Science Project Kit.
A few easy steps to experiment with Polymers.
1. Open the bag of Jelly Balls Polymer (have mom open it)
2. Fill Beaker with the polymer (I had to do one for each kid)
3. Fill each polymer filled beaker with water
4. Add 5 drops of florescent color to the beaker (this is our fun glow lab, but feel free to try with food coloring)
5. Observe
This was our 3 year olds experiment as we have to take turns selecting the experiment that we will try. I just love his content, investigative face here. Knowing he is driving this one.
The boys were very excited to watch how they grow and glow. This can be done in the beaker and the exciting part is when they grow and start to spill over the top and out of the beaker. I saw this coming so we started this in the baking tin so we did not lose any of the polymers to the floor.
Once they were already starting to make a mess, we decided to put them in a better container were we can observe them better.
Then, I let them do exactly what I was looking forward to do as well ---Stick our hands in there and squish them, play with them, and inspect them closely.
Here our 3 year old decided to pick one and just squish it as hard as he could. Even I was excited to see what would happen.
The greatest thing about this experiment is the polymers can be washed, dried (after a few days), and done again.
I saw a blog that tries this with multiple food coloring options. (I'll find the link again and repost soon.)
Each time we do this, we will learn a little more about polymers. This time around, was just observing.
Have you tried a Polymer Experiment with your kids before?
What other ideas do you have for working with polymers?
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