Demo1st Grade3 minMeeting 19

Oobleck Dances on a Speaker

Oobleck forms moving fingers/blobs.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Drive low-frequency sound under a thin oobleck layer. What students see: Oobleck forms moving fingers/blobs. Why it works: Rapid vibration repeatedly jams and unjams the shear-thickening suspension. Question to ask: Why does sound make a liquid stand up?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: Why does sound make a liquid stand up?