Kristen Naylor

Lesson Plan
Oobleck
Small-Group Time Planning Form
Originating
Based on the children's interest in play dough.
Idea
Materials

Oobleck. (2 parts cornstarch to 1 part water)

Curriculum
KDIs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 17, 34, 36, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Content
Beginning
Opening
Statement
Middle

I know you guys enjoy playing with play dough, so I thought you might enjoy this. This
is called Oobleck. It's a liquid, like water, but it can be touch at the same time.
Earlier

Experimenting with the

What will properties and
children do? characteristics of the
oobleck.
Strategies:
Ask questions about how the
How will you
oobleck is behaving, and
scaffold their
how the children think it
learning?
will continue to behave
under different conditions.

Middle

Later

Play with the oobleck on

their hands, experience how Touch the oobleck, play
it's sometimes liquid,
with it on their hands.
sometimes harder.
Strategies:
Help them play. As
questions about what they
think it will do if you do
certain things.

Strategies:
Help them play, encourage
them to play in different
ways to see the different
properties of the oobleck.

End
warning and
Another interesting thing about Oobleck is that you can clean it up by mixing it up with
transition to
more water. Would you like to try that with me to finish up our experimenting?
next part of
routine
Follow-up
Ideas

If the children enjoy the activity, provide more opportunities throughout the year for
oobleck again. Do activities with other play dough alternatives.