Have you ever wondered how fun toys like Silly Putty, Gak, and Slime are made? These products are so much fun because of the properties of polymers, which make them delightfully bouncy, stretchy, sticky, moldable, breakable, hard, soft,...

Detailed instructions for making this stretchy, gooey slime at home or at school.

Contains a procedure for creating slime -- a polymer formed by mixing water, borax, Elmer's glue, and food coloring. Following the procedure, the site contains a brief description of what polymers are.

Explore properties of matter by making a slimy substance out of cornstarch and water then noticing how it reacts to pressure.

Lesson teaches about Marie Curie and Chemistry. Lab activities include making slime, elephant toothpaste, and snow, and also a balloon rise.

Answer these five multiple-choice questions about fungus-like protists. After answers are submitted, students can review their mistakes.

Watch Scientist Joe demonstrate how to make a turkey in a glove using homemade slime in this video presentation.