Investigation: Cornstarch Mixture

Investigation: Cornstarch Mixture

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Description

This easy experiment uses household items to explore different states of matter and the change in states of matter as they mix water and cornstarch.

Materials

  • Provide tools or gloves to explore cornstarch with if children don’t want to touch with their hands.
  • Do on a tray or outside to minimize messes.

Instruction

  • Provide hand-under-hand support for mixing as tolerated/needed
  • Provide visuals of properties of liquids and solids as well as of the states of matter themselves for children to use for comparison and to communicate their ideas and findings.
  • Label properties of solids and liquids as children explore.

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