When We Made Gloop

On Monday we made gloop for Maths! We used our measuring skills to mix one part water to two parts of cornflour to create a gloopy mess!                                         

The gloop was as slippery as snail slime! We had so much fun playing with the gloop. The gloop looked runny, but when you hit it it was solid! When we had finished having fun with the gloop, Miss Williams and Mrs Wallace poured the gloop in some balloons. We got a vivid 

to draw a funny face on the balloon. We all had our own balloon. The balloons were squishy and a lot of fun to play with. 

                     

 We learnt some things about measuring and about making gloop stress balloons:

1. Some balloons popped because people were throwing them or pulling them hard. Next time, we would know that we have to be very gentle. 
2. We made a big mess and lost a lot of our gloop by not keeping our hands over the bowl.
3. You need to add the water very slowly and mix the flour in really carefully each time you add water. It turns from gloop into liquid really suddenly. Next time we would add smaller amounts of water at a time.
4. If you add too much water to your gloop, you can try three things to thicken it. Add more cornflour if you have it (we didn't), add some baking powder (this only worked if it was just a tiny bit too runny) or leave it to sit in the sun for a while.

By Kate, Karina, Max and Anna

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