Science and STEAM

Escape Room Fun

Every day at 2:00 breakout edu offers some science based challenges to try. Open all the locks to escape! If you succeed you will be entered in a raffle to win cool prizes (including a programmable robot)! Some of the challenges are quite difficult, but some are not as hard. You can practice using a challenge from the archive. https://www.breakoutedu.com/live

Making Playdough

Hello friends! As it's turning into a rainy (and snowy?) afternoon, I thought I'd share a recipe for playdough. After you make it, make a creature or person from one of the books you've been reading, take a picture, and post it for us to see (or email it to me)!

Colored Playdough

Materials

1 cup water

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/2 cup salt

1 tablespoon cream of tartar (this makes it last longer)

Food coloring

Saucepan

1 cup flour

Directions

Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until warm.

Remove from heat and add flour.

Stir, then knead until smooth. The cream of tartar makes this dough last 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to omit this ingredient if you don't have it on hand.

Store this dough in an airtight container or a Ziploc freezer bag.