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Teaching Tips: Slime-Viscoelastic

By Janice VanCleave

Gooey, Slippery, Slime is always a fun investigation. You can always “beef-up” the information for more advanced learners. There are so many wonderful science terms related to slime. Today, I want to introduce a property of slime called viscoelastic. This word is a mixture of two words: viscous and elastic. viscous The resistance to flowing. […]

Filed Under: Chemistry Tagged With: elastic, viscoelastic, viscous

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