Materials List:
Engineering in the World of Dr. Seuss
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/uof-2354-engineering-world-oobleck-design-process
Each group needs:
- scoop spatula, available online
- LEGO mini-figure, available online
- white LEGO brick base plate, available online
- swizzle sticks, available online
- lab notebooks; one per student
- hand lens magnifier
- oral dispenser syringes, 5 ml, available online; at least 1 per group, but 50 per class is better
- 5 clear plastic jars, 5 g, or cosmetic containers with lids
- large poster board
- safety goggles (for every student)
- lab gloves
- Material Costs List
To share with the entire class:
- Bartholomew and the Oobleck, by Dr. Seuss; available on Amazon as a hardcopy, or free as a digital scan
- digital scale that can tare with metric measurements, available online
- small white plastic bottles for each substance (such as medicine bottles)
- bottle labels
- paper towels
- Sun Laboratories Aloe Vera Gel, available online
- disposal container labeled “Hazardous Waste”, about 1 L
- white printer paper, one ream
- substances for designing solutions for collapsing the oobleck; (it is fine if you cannot buy them all or there is a difference in brand, so long as there is a variety of substances)
- sparkling water, 250 ml
- iodized salt, 128 g (or 1 cup)
- dry shampoo or baby powder, 1 bottle
- foaming dishwashing or handwashing soap, 1 bottle (it is important for it to be a foaming soap so that its consistency is less viscous)
- hydrogen peroxide, 500 ml (or 16 oz)
- natural epsom salt, 128 g (or 1 cup)
- cane sugar, 128 g (or 1 cup)
- stack of sticky notes
- digital camera or device with recording capability
- computer or tablet access
- Substance Translation Document (for the END of the entire activity)