If you are a fan of the Science Center, then you may have heard us talk about oobleck before. Oobleck is a favorite of ours, there are so many different ways to make it. Now, oobleck is also unique as it acts like a solid sometimes and a liquid other times, we call this a non-newtonian fluid. There are so many different ways to make oobleck, but we decided to make this recipe a little fall-inspired. Watch the full video below to learn just how you can take applesauce and make it into oobleck.
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Aoife Ryle is a STEM Educator at the Connecticut Science Center. In addition to working with school groups, she works with our Teen Program, Overnights department, and shoots weekly science segments for WFSB. She has a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Maine and has a personal interest in the life sciences and engineering which makes bioengineering a perfect crossover.
Mark Dixon is a meteorologist on WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News and a host of the weekly Science Sunday segments with the Connecticut Science Center. He has been nominated for several Emmy awards for weather anchoring and has won awards from the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association and the American Meteorological Society.