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Great info and advice on the oobleck run through..our exhibits team will be appreciate it! While we are talking large scale slimy and gooey interactions anyone got any thoughts on making a huge pool of slime that visitors will slide into at the bottom of an inflatable slide? We have the slime recipe form Nickelodeon which will probably work...jello powder, baby shampoo, flour and water.
Kathy Fournier
Associate Vice President of Education
McWane Science Center
200 19th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-714-8254
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Joe had his Explainers shovel it onto the grass and hose it down. It was fun
but time consuming. If you had a secure place to leave it (ie. where no-one
is at risk of falling into it and drowning), it would be much much easier to
let it dry out. Then all you've got is regular corn starch.
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> Sounds awesome, Joe! But, uh.... how did you clean up/dispose of all
> that obbleck?
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> Jonah Cohen
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> The Children's Museum
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> Hello Kathy,
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> We did an oobleck run last year with a trough that was 1 foot deep and 8
> feet in diameter. The distance across was about right for the folks who
> moved quickly. For those who hesitated, the large diameter meant that
> our rescue crew had to step in quickly or risk losing people. Don't do
> more than 1foot deep. Don't.
>
> The math yields ~50 cubic feet, or a bit less than 2 cubic yards, which
> we achieved with 2000lbs--40 bags--of cornstarch.
>
> Joe
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> Don Harrington Discovery Center
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