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Wild Explorers: How to Make Oobleck!

1 minutes 59 seconds

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On a table, we see a beaker of water next to a red bowl filled with cornstarch. A person is stirring the cornstarch with a wooden spoon. Containers of food dye wait in the foreground. Text reads, “One part water. 1 ½ to 2 parts cornstarch.”

In this episode, learn how to make oobleck with Cami. Gather up the needed supplies to make this liquid that becomes a solid when a force is applied. Part of the "Wild Explorers" series.

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Runtime: 1 minutes 59 seconds

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