Slime Kitchen

Building Math 1

Making Slime Candidates (65 minutes)

Students learn about recipes and measurement while making slime from four different given recipes.

• Launch: What Is a Recipe? (5 min)

• Explore: Measuring Tools and Equivalent Measurements (20 min)

• Explore More: Slime Samples (20 min) 

• Connect: Slimy Differences (15 min)

Maker Experience

Design Your Own Slime (65 minutes)

Students analyze the slime samples, and learn more about fractions and measurement conversions, then make their own slime recipes and new samples. 

• Launch: Slimy Attributes (10 min)

• Explore: Ranking Attributes and Setting Goals (20 min)

• Explore More: Our Own Recipes and Slime Samples (20 min) 

• Connect: Intro to Scaling Recipes (15 min)

Building Math 2

More and More Slime (70 minutes)

Students learn scaling and fractions while solving problems about large quantities of their slime recipe.

• Launch: Ranking New Slime Recipes (10 min)

• Explore: How Much Glue? (25 min)

• Explore More: A Case of Slime (20 min) 

• Connect: Explaining Our Thinking (25 min)

Cycle Finale

The Slime Tank (65 minutes)

Students investigate a Fermi Problem, in which they estimate quantities of ingredients needed to fill a very large tank of slime.

• Launch: Enough for the Class (10 min)

• Explore: Slimy Fermi Questions (25 min)

• Explore More: Estimation Reasoning Posters (25 min) 

• Connect: Connecting Our Strategies (10 min)