Each student needs:

• 2 boxes of JELL-O (a powdered gelatin dessert mix), the 8-serving size; pale colors work best
• 5 bendable plastic drinking straws (cut away the straight parts of the straws from the bendable portions—which will be used)
• 1 Styrofoam plate
• scotch tape
• 1 aluminum plate or pan
• 1 plastic syringe
• colored liquid with small particles (such as a small amount of fine sand), for use in the syringe
• stop watch

Supplies for teacher to make JELL-O Jigglers mix (see instructions in Procedure section):

• large mixing bowl
• stirrer
• boiling water, 2.5 cups per box of JELL-O (using a Mr. Coffee-type machine works well)
• refrigerator, for cooling gelatin to solid form