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March 22, 2011

Dancing Oobleck

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Science Experiments

My kids love trying new Science Experiments, and play recipes.  Today we decided to combine the 2 and try to make our Oobleck dance using sound waves.  If you have never made it before, Oobleck is a mixture of cornstarch and water.  When played with fast it acts like a solid…when allowed to relax it acts like a liquid.

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids.

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When we saw a few youtube videos that involved Dancing Oobleck, we decided we needed to take our gooey play to the next level.

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Dancing Oobleck Recipe

You will need to make your Oobleck thicker than usual.

  • About 2 cups of Corn Starch to 1 cup of water.

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Materials Needed:

Once your recipe is ready let the kids play for a bit while you set up the next step.

  • a Subwoofer
  • a thin metal cookie sheet
  • a MP3 of an audio test tone ~ you will have to play a bit to see what works best with your equipment.
  • Food Coloring

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Instructions:

  1. Place the cookie sheet onto the speaker of the sub, and pour in the Oobleck.
  2. You can download different test tones and play to see what works best for you.  We used 40 Hz, 50 Hz, and 63 Hz, and found that we needed to turn the volume way up.  We tried a number of different frequencies but these three seemed to work the best.  We did a search for subwoofer test MP3.  There are a number of different sites that you can use.
  3. Before you play the MP3 you will need to place your fingers on the edge of the cookie sheet with gentle pressure.  It took a bit of playing to see what worked the best, but the results were amazing.

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

We decided to add food coloring to see what would happen.  I love how the colors dance together and you can see all the layers of each color.  This was the kids favorite part!

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Amazing!

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Subwoofer Test:

Here are a couple options for subwoofer tests although if you do a search for subwoofer test MP3 or MP3 of an audio test tone.

  • Bas Test Low HZ Frequency
  • Ultimate Subwoofer Test

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

Tips and Tricks:

  • A thicker consistency of Oobleck works best.  Although with that said you don’t want it too thick.  We used a ratio of 2:1 (cornstarch to water).
  • If your oobleck is not dancing, you may need to change the volume on your subwoofer.  You can also try digging your finger in Oobleck to start the movement.  In the video the kids do it a few times just to get everything started.
  • Keep experimenting until you get it to work.  Honestly we played around for a bit until it worked for us.  Everyone will be working with different equipment so what worked for us might be a little different for you.

How to make Oobleck Dance ~ Sound Science Experiments for Kids

After we were all done I let the kids play with the colored Oobleck.  They loved it, but a word of caution if stained colored fingers are not your thing.  We giggled at the kids as they tried to wash the color off.  I’m sure they will be sporting grey blue hands for a few days.

For more great experiments, check out our:

Walking on Eggs

Ivory Soap Experiment 

Packing Peanut Experiments

Exploding Peep Geysers

Shooting Water Experiment

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136 thoughts on “Dancing Oobleck”

  1. Ivy @ Remodel Twin Cities on March 22, 2011 at 6:53 pm said:

    Oooooo, this looks like fun! I’ve never heard of Oobleck. We are definitely doing this during the weekend. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Grandma on March 23, 2011 at 12:28 am said:

    Tooo Fun!

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  3. kristen on March 23, 2011 at 3:10 am said:

    ah we just made this with the kids I tutor but I have never called it Oobleck, just goo, haha. But I like your name better and I LOVE the dancing thing! thanks so much for linking up to handmade tuesdays @ ladybug blessings http://www.ladybug-blessings.com

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    • Shawna on June 10, 2012 at 10:53 pm said:

      When i was a kid we made this and read Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Also if you want to go the science route while you tutor this is technically a non-Newtonian fluid because of the properties of being a solid and a liquid.

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  4. Ruth Montag on March 24, 2011 at 2:35 am said:

    Loving this idea and this whole site!! Well done!! Thank you for sharing such fun ideas, they even inspire this non-creative, tired out mom to attempt a few. 🙂 So fun to have you over to our hosue today. It’s been fun to get to know your family a bit. Kaleb is a sweet friend to Evan!

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  5. Amie @ Pinkapotamus on March 24, 2011 at 10:37 am said:

    This looks like soo much fun! I can’t wait to try this with my little guys while it is snowing here in NJ! Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party! Can’t wait to see what you share next week!

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  6. Jennifer on March 24, 2011 at 11:50 am said:

    I love Oobleck! Used to make it when I taught kindergarten. I really love all the different colors you used in it. Visiting from Fireflies and Jellybeans.
    Jen

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  7. Christie on March 24, 2011 at 4:06 pm said:

    Hi,

    I stumbled upon your website from the “Meet the Dubiens” blog. I love the ideas you have on your site. I am not able to pull up projects from your archives. Do you have to be a member to view these?

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    • Tammy on March 24, 2011 at 4:13 pm said:

      I am sorry that you are having trouble viewing my site. There is no membership, so you should be able to view everything. I will check into it, but let me know if you are still experiencing problems. Thanks for stopping by.

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      • Christy on January 14, 2015 at 2:44 pm said:

        I am trying to do the dancing obelisk for a school experiment but I cannot figure out how in the world to hook up the subwoofer to an ipod or iPad……….. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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  8. Kelley on March 24, 2011 at 5:32 pm said:

    This is great….thanks for sharing! My son loves anything gooey or messy, so he will be thrilled to try this.

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  9. Anita on March 24, 2011 at 11:12 pm said:

    Very cool. This looks like a ton of fun. Thanks for linking up!

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  10. Hanna on March 24, 2011 at 11:54 pm said:

    WOW!! This is so cool. Thank you so much for sharing this and for linking up to the handamde hog:) I lvoe it:)

    xoxoxo Hanna

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  11. Lyuba on March 25, 2011 at 1:22 am said:

    This is way too cool!!! Love it!!
    Come see me http://willcookforsmiles.blogspot.com/

    ~your newest follower!

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  12. Cassie on March 25, 2011 at 2:52 pm said:

    Yes! Yes! i want to do this right now!!! So awesome!
    =)

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  13. EmilyM on March 25, 2011 at 6:58 pm said:

    What a great idea, so interesting! Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Smile monsters.

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  14. Rachel on March 26, 2011 at 12:57 am said:

    This looks like so much fun!!

    If you haven’t done so already, I’d love to have you share this at my For the Kids Friday Link Party, going on now at SunScholars. Come join in on the fun!

    http://sunscholars.blogspot.com/2011/03/for-kids-friday-4.html

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  15. Stephanie on March 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm said:

    That is SO awesome! I love all the designs and the mixtures of colors. And the coolest part is knowing that the designs were made by sound. That is just so cool! Great post! Stopped by from FJI.

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  16. kara@elements-interiors.net on March 26, 2011 at 4:09 pm said:

    Thank you for linking this up to WHASSUP WEDNESDAY!

    Hope to see you next Wednesday:)

    xoxokara

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  17. robyn on March 27, 2011 at 1:48 am said:

    This has to be the most awesome thing I’ve seen in a long time! YOU definitely get a cool mom award! So happy you shared this!

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  18. Allison {A Glimpse Inside} on March 27, 2011 at 3:01 am said:

    Wow… I’ve never seen this stuff before. It is really cool! I bet it is super fun to play with! Thanks for linking up to my Catch a Glimpse party!

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  19. creativejewishmom/Sara on March 27, 2011 at 6:35 am said:

    Great project, can’t wait to try it! Thanks so very much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday, I think you may very well have earned a feature with this one!

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  20. Jo on March 27, 2011 at 3:34 pm said:

    So fun! I’ll be featuring this week on Fun For Kids Finds.

    Jo @ SmileMonsters

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  21. Messy Missy on March 29, 2011 at 12:03 am said:

    Wow, that’s fantastic!! I’ve made the oobleck before and only seen Videos of it dancing. How awesome you made it all work!! I’d love it if you’d link this up to my Marvelous Mess party here: http://marvelouslymessy.blogspot.com/2011/03/marvelous-mess-6.html

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  22. kathy roloff on March 29, 2011 at 12:07 am said:

    Bartholomew and Dr. Seuss would be very pleased!

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  23. cathy@nurturestore on March 29, 2011 at 7:44 pm said:

    Oh my, this looks fantastic. I’d never have thought to try this – thanks so much for linking to our carnival of music and song play.

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  24. Jennifer on March 29, 2011 at 10:57 pm said:

    Oh this is just wonderful!

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  25. Heather @ localfunforkids on March 30, 2011 at 12:05 am said:

    That is SO fascinating! My son and I loved watching the video. I think adding the food coloring was a great touch! Thanks so much for linking up with Fun for Kids Friday. I hope you’re having a great week!

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  26. sherri/post+taste on March 30, 2011 at 2:22 am said:

    this is SO awesome! and your kids are adorable. can’t wait to show this video to my boys and then try!

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  27. Melissa @ The Chocolate Muffin Tree on April 1, 2011 at 2:07 am said:

    Love that you made the oobleck dance—what kid wouldn’t love this???????

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  28. Amber @ barbwired on April 1, 2011 at 2:22 am said:

    ♥ this!!! thanks for sharing!!

    Amber

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  29. Rachel on April 1, 2011 at 2:23 am said:

    Thanks so much for linking up with For the Kids Fridays at Sun Scholars. I can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! I’ll be posting the next party later tonight. Hope to have you stop by!

    :)rachel @ SunScholars.blogspot.com

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  30. Michelle on April 1, 2011 at 6:27 am said:

    Can I just say: Wow!

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  32. maggy red ted art on April 1, 2011 at 8:14 am said:

    Oh my! This looks FUN FUN FUN! How brilliant and what a great way to play with colours. Love.

    Thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty – lovely to see you there!

    Maggy

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  33. @pril Bowerman on April 2, 2011 at 7:26 am said:

    Very interesting, never heard of this before. I saw you at Saturday Spotlight by Craft Envy.

    My blog is having it’s first linky party this weekend. I would love for you to add this post: http://koolbeenz-blog.blogspot.com/2011/03/funky-fresh-friday-1.html

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  34. Jennifer on April 3, 2011 at 4:02 pm said:

    Awesome!!! I don’t have a subwoofer though and really want to try this out. Do you have any ideas for another way to make it work or how to get a cheap subwoofer?

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  35. Christine on April 6, 2011 at 3:34 am said:

    you said you need a subwoofer… what size and what did you hook it up to? I don’t know anything about subwoofer other then my brother has one I’m sure he’ll let me borrow but I need to know what else I’ll need to make it work. Thanks!

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  36. Aimee Degraffenried on April 12, 2011 at 10:45 am said:

    I dig this site

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  37. Bula Tomaselli on April 14, 2011 at 1:59 pm said:

    Not sure this posted before but I really like this website

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  38. Grover Noecker on April 29, 2011 at 8:40 pm said:

    This is a fantastic website!

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  39. Kristen on August 3, 2011 at 5:28 pm said:

    We just made Oobleck yesterday and a reader sent me this link. Sooooo cool!!! Love this.

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  40. Suzi McGowen on September 2, 2011 at 2:25 pm said:

    This is a non Newtonian fluid, if you want to start teaching science with the fun. (Ketchup is one, too.) They’re very interesting and fun 🙂

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  41. Janelle on September 14, 2011 at 1:03 am said:

    Love Oobleck and am so going to try this.
    Btw, a tip I found out by mistake when using food coloring. To get the dye off your hands, simply use laundry detergent. Idk if it works for all types/brands, but I use Tide in powder form and it works like the charm. The granules help with the scrubbing and there is no dye left anywhere on your hands after you rinse them off 🙂

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  42. Jeanette on September 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm said:

    Taught preschool for 14 years and this was always the favorite !! We used to call in goop 🙂 so much fun for hours for any age!

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  44. Amie on November 5, 2011 at 11:11 pm said:

    This is awesome. We’re going to do this today! Thanks!!

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  45. Lynn B. on November 7, 2011 at 2:19 pm said:

    I love oobleck! Never heard of making it dance. Awesome and must try soon. Your kids are precious, too! Thanks for the idea and video!

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  46. Curly J on November 10, 2011 at 1:00 am said:

    WOW.. that is so incredible! Never seen something like that before. Definitely bookmarking this!

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  47. Kelly on November 10, 2011 at 5:47 am said:

    The goo that you make that’s solid to liquid it teaches the Law of the scientific name “Plasticity”. The goo itself is called also plasticity. Then the teaching of soundwaves makes it a even more fun hands on science lesson. I love the food color added makes it more interesting to the eyes.

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  49. Busy or Not?! on November 11, 2011 at 1:13 am said:

    Trying to figure out how my son can do this for his science fair! What a great project!

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  50. Shannon on November 14, 2011 at 12:49 am said:

    So funny… when I was little this was a dessert my dad made for us, cornstarch, water, food coloring and sugar – served hot! My grandfather from El Salvador made it for him when he was little.

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  51. Laura on November 14, 2011 at 7:14 am said:

    What did you use for the vibration?

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  52. Laura on November 14, 2011 at 7:14 am said:

    Nevermind just read the post duh! LOL sorry for the dumb question 🙂

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  53. Kristi on November 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm said:

    That is pretty awesome!!! The kids decided we MUST try this for ourselves. Now all I need is a woofer… 😉

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  54. Kellie on November 22, 2011 at 10:53 pm said:

    how thin was your cookie sheet? we couldn’t get it to dance at all.

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  55. Nicole on January 3, 2012 at 1:28 am said:

    I couldn’t get it to dance either!

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    • Tammy on January 3, 2012 at 3:16 am said:

      We could not get it to work when we were playing music, but once we started playing audio test tunes it worked. Try goggling a sub woofer test MP3. We had to play with the frequency a bit, but it was worth it. Hope with helps. Good luck.

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  56. Colleen on January 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm said:

    Its a cool idea really fun and everything, but your kids will be hard of hearing by the time they are 30. You should not have your head in a subwoofer like that for fun. Trust me, when he was in high school my husband used to play music in his truck and had a subwoofer right behind his seats. He’s now 32 and is already complaining about his hearing.

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    • Tammy on January 6, 2012 at 1:17 am said:

      Thanks for your concern. I would be worried too if the kids were playing with the oobleck and sub woofer for hours on end like i’m sure your husband played his music. We enjoy learning new things and experimenting. This was a fun experiment that we enjoyed playing with, but not something that we do on a regular basis. Thanks again for your concern.

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  57. Christina on January 15, 2012 at 1:52 am said:

    Could you please provide an actual link to the test tone you downloaded. I cant seem to find the plain test tone, just music. We have a pretty weak subwoofer, so the continuous tone would probably work. Thanks!

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  58. Erin @ Making Memories on January 15, 2012 at 8:55 pm said:

    This is so cool! We’ve made the “goop” but never made it dance. Who knew!!!???

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  59. Brittaney on January 18, 2012 at 1:31 am said:

    What kind of subwoofer do you use? i’m confused at what kind, and then what kind of cord you need to connect the mp3 to the subwoofer! Help!!

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  60. Susan on January 24, 2012 at 4:17 pm said:

    Wow! This is very cool. We have done this experiment at Steve Spangler Science but have not tried it with food coloring. Great idea.

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  61. Cyxty5Roses on January 31, 2012 at 5:02 pm said:

    Where was this great stuff when I was growing up???
    I especially love the colors jumping around & mixing together.
    What a wonderful idea & who cares if the color stains your fingers for a few days! Skin So Soft will probably take off the color for the squemish ones! LoL

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  62. jeanette chartrand on February 3, 2012 at 7:01 pm said:

    I am a day care teacher and and my chilldren love to make playdough and Dancing Oobleck and messes.This looks like it woud be a fun way that the chiildren could experiment with the Oobleck and see all the things it can do and make a mess at the same time.

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  63. marysmice1 on February 7, 2012 at 1:41 am said:

    I am a preschool science teacher and Dr. Suess has a story book called Oocleck!! fun to read before making a batch!

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    Well, I am just new to your blog site and just spent about an hour lurking and reading. I think I will frequent your site from now on after going through some of your posts. I will definitely learn a lot from them. Thanks one more time. Regards, Steve.

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  66. Kristie on February 22, 2012 at 9:47 pm said:

    Sadly, I don’t have a subwoofer to try this. Thank you so much for sharing. I think it is a great idea, and included a linkback to this post in my blog post about the 5 senses. Here’s where you can find your linkback: http://sonshineclassicalacademy.blogspot.com/2012/02/five-senses.html

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  67. Adrienne on February 24, 2012 at 3:55 pm said:

    That’s awesome!!!

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  68. Kim on March 10, 2012 at 12:09 am said:

    how awesome!!! I can’t wait to try with my stepson!

    hugs! Kim @ Party Frosting!

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  69. Oddyssey on March 15, 2012 at 5:40 pm said:

    Now that was cool! That would be fun to do with my Cub Scouts, they’d love it! Thanks for the post!

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  70. Samantha on March 20, 2012 at 8:03 pm said:

    This looks like so much fun! It reminds me of Hexxus from FernGully!

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  71. Kids Creative Chaos on April 23, 2012 at 7:47 am said:

    Congrats! This was pinned in our weekly scavenger hunt on Pinterest receiving the most pins! It earned you a feature on our blog: http://www.kidscreativechaos.com/2012/04/pin-it-online-scavenger-hunt-4232012.html

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  72. Maggie da Silva on May 10, 2012 at 6:20 pm said:

    You are obviously a genius! Love this.

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  73. Kassi McKay on May 17, 2012 at 8:36 pm said:

    question….we are trying to do this and haven’t had any luck!! 🙁 can you give any suggestions we can try? Have done the 2:1 ratio, changed cookie sheets, used downloaded sounds and ones from a frequency controller (borrowed from a science teacher), blown 2 speakers…made it thicker and thinner in both consistency and amount over the speaker!

    Any ideas would be great! Thanks…

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    • Julie on April 3, 2013 at 12:30 pm said:

      We had the same disappointing results this morning. 🙁 We blew our speaker too! $150 out the window….

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  76. Becky on June 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm said:

    A couple of my fellow teachers and I we to the FSU Promise Science Training a couple of years ago and learned about oobleck. We made it with our students and they absolutely loved it. I have to try this dancing oobleck. That is so awesome.

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  77. Becky on June 11, 2012 at 4:41 pm said:

    A couple of my fellow teachers and I we to the FSU Promise Science Training a couple of years ago and learned about oobleck. We made it with our students and they absolutely loved it. I have to try this dancing oobleck. That is so awe

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  79. Brinestone on June 25, 2012 at 9:36 pm said:

    My boys loved the video and begged to try it, so we did tonight. We couldn’t get it to dance either. It seems everyone who has tried it hasn’t had luck, so I wonder what was different that you did. Is there anything you did that you didn’t include in the blog post?

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  80. katie on July 7, 2012 at 2:15 pm said:

    So cool! We made this in school when I was a kid and i had forgotten about it until now. I bet my 5 and 2 year olds would loooove to do this. Oh, and about the stained hands….wash them with powdered dishwasher soap and the dye comes right off….a lifesaver for Easter pictures after coloring eggs too!

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  81. Sandy Cheeks on July 18, 2012 at 8:04 am said:

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    Mix ingredients together and form into shapes.

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  83. LeslieAK on July 26, 2012 at 1:51 am said:

    They did something similar on The Big Bang Theory. Check it out! It might be fun to try this method, too. Your kids can compare and contrast using the test tone vs. boomy bass.

    http://youtu.be/2CJJ6FrfuGU

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  84. LeslieAK on July 26, 2012 at 2:06 am said:

    P.S. If the kids are watching the video, too, you might want to shut it off when Leonard turns the speaker off and the Oobleck stops. It’s not appropriate from there on out for small kiddos.

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  85. Ailsa on July 26, 2012 at 4:15 pm said:

    Wow! We love playing with cornflour, but I had no idea it could do that! Looking forward to trying this 🙂

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  86. Emma on July 26, 2012 at 4:57 pm said:

    As a side note, if your kids coat their hands with shortening, the color won’t stick to their hands. This is a fantastic idea, I’ll definitely have to try it!!

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  89. SeafordMOM on September 11, 2012 at 7:54 pm said:

    If you use washable tempura paint for the color it does not stain hands but gives a good effect.

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  90. Tara on September 26, 2012 at 4:10 am said:

    I thought I’d share this, since I’ve noticed looking around your site that you’ve used food coloring quite a bit… There’s a product called Liquid Watercolor sold by Discount School Supply (you can look them up on the web) that is non-toxic, and washable. I’ve switched to using it in place of food coloring in all my non-food projects It’s great stuff, thought I’d share. Wonderful ideas you’ve got. 🙂

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  91. Emily on October 23, 2012 at 10:52 am said:

    Did anyone try it with anything other than a subwoofer? I don’t have one.

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    • Tammy on October 23, 2012 at 2:06 pm said:

      I would be interested to know if anything else works as well. We have only used a sub woofer.

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  92. marie on November 3, 2012 at 5:53 am said:

    I read in a book to get the food oloring off htier hands use vinegar!

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    • Tammy on November 3, 2012 at 8:50 pm said:

      Great tip! Thanks for sharing, we will have to try that next time.

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  93. Mariann on November 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm said:

    Tammy,
    My daughter picked this for her science project due this month. I have a sub-woofer but it doesn’t have an amp or power and it only has a speaker wire connected which won’t connect to an mp3.

    I need to know the kind of sub-woofer you use and what kind of cord it has to connect the mp3?
    Please help.

    Thank you

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  95. Rosemary on January 22, 2013 at 10:43 am said:

    This looked like a really great experiment for our homeschool chemistry class. My husband found a test tone and placed the cookie sheet on top of the speaker – no luck at all. Disappointing.

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  96. Megan on February 5, 2013 at 7:41 pm said:

    What are you using to shake that, thats great!! I babysit and the kids would die over this!!

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  100. carrie on March 19, 2013 at 10:25 am said:

    we tried this today and the oobleck was awesome but we couldn’t get it to dance either. we have a long spring break though so would love to try again. could you put up a link for the test tones? pretty please?

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  102. jackie on April 6, 2013 at 8:48 am said:

    Gorgeous, fun and educational! That’s my favourite kind of activity, Tammy!

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  103. Amber on April 8, 2013 at 5:22 am said:

    Oh dear Lord, lol! My texture-picky little one might get alittle freaked out by the “dancing” lol, but we definatly might try it just to play with. 😉 Thanks for the idea! 🙂

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  104. Julie S on April 14, 2013 at 4:25 pm said:

    Saw this on pintrest. Couldn’t wait to try it out. Doing it for my science experiment this year with my first graders. I might have a good chance of winning with this one! Just did a trial run of it at home. My kids, 16 & 6 loved it!

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    • Tammy on April 15, 2013 at 10:53 am said:

      I am so excited that you are going to try it with your first grades. I would love to hear how it goes.

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  105. nancy on April 17, 2013 at 9:57 am said:

    I am 63 years old, we would sneak the cornstarch and do this when I was a child (not the dancing!) I still love the feel of it going from solid to liquid in my hand, and the dancing, especialy with the colors is fascinating!

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  106. Jen @ Kitchen Counter Chronicles on April 20, 2013 at 5:35 am said:

    Great idea, so well photographed! Love it!

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    • Tammy on April 21, 2013 at 8:54 pm said:

      Thanks so much Jen:)

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  107. Carolyn on April 29, 2013 at 3:00 am said:

    This is pretty much enjoyable and bright idea than having your kid play and shape with mud. Loving the idea a lot!

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  108. Suzanne on May 18, 2013 at 2:52 am said:

    I tried several batches, several test audios, several sheets and with no avail was unable to get it to dance. Note to parents, I wouldn’t promise the “Dancing part.” Not a long cause as my 3.5 year old was entertained for 90 minutes! ;o) Next time I might pop him in the shower stall or do outside though. ;o)

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  109. Kim @ seven thirty three on May 22, 2013 at 10:14 am said:

    So very cool! My aunt use to make oobleck in a kiddie pool in her backyard and we would play with it for hours. It really is the neatest stuff.

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  111. Chelsea on June 5, 2013 at 6:54 pm said:

    I would love to know how you connected an mp3 to your subwoofer. Im trying to do this with a group of kids for a science camp in a few weeks and I can’t figure out how to hook it up. THANKS!

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  114. Jesika on September 14, 2013 at 3:57 pm said:

    Can you post a picture of the speaker you used? Thank you

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  115. Jimena on October 1, 2013 at 6:35 pm said:

    How cool!this would be nice for my science fair

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  116. Jimena on October 1, 2013 at 6:36 pm said:

    I love it

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  117. Joanne Reutter on December 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm said:

    My grandkids are moving clear across the world. (We live in Brazil right now and they are moving to Japan in 6 weeks. This website is going to make it a fun, fun, fun 6 weeks! Thank you

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  118. Lord Pearsall on January 19, 2014 at 10:04 am said:

    Forget the kids having fun with this It’s just kept 37 yr old entertained for hours !!!!!

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  119. Person on February 1, 2014 at 1:37 pm said:

    How about playing dubstep with the oobleck?

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  120. Counter of Kitchen on February 15, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:

    They did something similar on The Big Bang Theory.

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  121. Sharon Ryan on March 20, 2014 at 1:18 am said:

    What is the machine under the pan that is creating the vibrations?

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  122. Tammy Davisson on April 8, 2014 at 2:08 pm said:

    My daughter and her friend have decided to do this as their science fair project and were super excited. That is until we couldn’t get it to work either. We’ve tried numerous sound tests but can’t seem to find one longer than 20 seconds which obviously isn’t long enough. I’ve tried playing them repeatedly as well and that does not work as there is a pause between them and the ooblek just falls as soon as it starts to come up. Could someone please advise as to where to find longer test tones or give any other helpful advice? It would be greatly appreciated, their science fair is next week. Thank you in advance!

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  123. Laura Davis on April 28, 2014 at 4:33 pm said:

    I am a preschool music teacher, and trying to explain sound waves is HARD. I have used rice on top of a big, round, drum (about 8 inches off the ground and 3 ft in diameter). Do you think I could use the Oobleck on the drum (with plastic or something else down)?

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  124. Science Kiddo on July 26, 2014 at 4:13 pm said:

    We’ve made oobleck before, but we’ve never made it dance. What a fun idea! We’ll have to try it next time. Thanks for posting!

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  125. vivian on December 31, 2015 at 3:09 am said:

    I really want to try, but i don’t have corn starch. 🙁

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  126. Kalyn on April 10, 2016 at 3:46 pm said:

    That was so cool

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