{"id":1269,"date":"2023-10-26T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:53:38","slug":"non-newtonian-fluid-examining-solids-and-liquids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/non-newtonian-fluid-examining-solids-and-liquids\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Newtonian Fluid: Examining Solids and Liquids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1270\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2023\/10\/96FE9305-3654-42A4-8DF5-92EE7391F136-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2023\/10\/96FE9305-3654-42A4-8DF5-92EE7391F136-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2023\/10\/96FE9305-3654-42A4-8DF5-92EE7391F136-81x108.jpeg 81w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/files\/2023\/10\/96FE9305-3654-42A4-8DF5-92EE7391F136.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of our &#8216;Spooky Science&#8217;, our class investigated a mysterious substance. Not quite liquid, not quite solid, but a little of both&#8230; this is a non-Newtonian fluid! You can make this substance at home by mixing a 2:1 ratio of cornstarch to water. Once mixed well, this substance can behave like a solid and like a liquid!<\/p>\n<p>We tested this substance in a variety of ways, including: slapping\/poking the surface, sinking a spoon into it, rolling it into a ball, and trying to pour it into another container. We learned that when we kept the substance still (ex: holding it in our hands without moving), it often would pour or drip like a liquid. But if the substance was being moved (ex: rolling it between our hands), it would take on a more solid appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below to see how this substance behaves when placed on top of a speaker cone:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Non-Newtonian Fluid on a Speaker Cone\" width=\"863\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zoTKXXNQIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some questions to discuss at home:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Could we use ingredients other than cornstarch and water to create other non-Newtonian substances? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>What if the ratio (2:1 cornstarch to water) was different?<\/li>\n<li>Are there other substances that are not really a solid or a liquid, but a bit of both?<\/li>\n<li>What variables or human error might have impacted our tests?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our &#8216;Spooky Science&#8217;, our class investigated a mysterious substance. Not quite liquid, not quite solid, but a little of both&#8230; this is a non-Newtonian fluid! You can make this substance at home by mixing a 2:1 ratio of cornstarch to water. Once mixed well, this substance can behave like a solid and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/non-newtonian-fluid-examining-solids-and-liquids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Non-Newtonian Fluid: Examining Solids and Liquids<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[66,3,67,65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/wardk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}