Design Brief Template

Introduction Design Brief

Students will be exploring what
happens when the substances,
cornflour and coloured water, are Students will be creating a mixture, slime, by combining
mixed to form a mixture.
certain ingredients in amounts of measurements. Students
They will be in groups of three with one may experiment with various measurements to observe the
in charge of mixing, one in charge of
pouring and the other in charge of changes.
making notes.

They have a recipe card that describes

what they must do and there is a
recording sheet where they first must
make a prediction and then describe
what occurs.

Project specifications Evaluation

Cornflour, Water, Food Colouring, Food-safe Students should test the how the mixture reacts to
Gloves, Plastic bowls, Spoons, Newspaper touch. For example, a slow touch and a fast touch
should result in a different outcome.
Students are limited in the amount of
ingredients they may use. Each mixture must
contain cornflour, water and food colouring.

Presentation
Students should present their findings in their Time
science journals with their hypothesis of what
they believe will occur, a drawing of the
ingredients and mixture, and observations of
One lesson.
what occurred once ingredients were mixed.

Links to the Resources/support materials

Science/Technologies/Maths
Bartholomew and the Ooblek by Dr. Seuss: Origin of the word.
Curriculum
Different materials can be YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw8KaHglokQ
combined for a particular purpose
(ACSSU031) https://www.brainson.org/shows/2017/05/09/the-science-of-slime-what-is-it-and-why-are-we-
so-obsessed