{"id":7009,"date":"2017-08-31T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=7009"},"modified":"2017-08-28T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T14:12:52","slug":"making-scientific-slime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2017\/08\/31\/making-scientific-slime\/","title":{"rendered":"Making scientific slime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7010 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Moffat\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2017\/08\/Colin-M-315x420.jpg 315w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/a>So, what did you do at the weekend? I spent a morning making slime!<\/p>\n<p>Feeling a bit like Heston Blumenthal, I added some PVA glue, a few drops of food colouring and a 2% solution of Borax\u00a0to a plastic bag and a few squishes later and the slime was ready!<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was TechFest Festival in Aberdeen where the Royal Society of Chemistry were using the opportunity to give those visiting the Festival an insight into polymers.\u00a0We\u00a0were in one of the teaching laboratories at the Robert Gordon University which, for some of the children who came along, was equally fascinating!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/Topics\/marine\/science\">Marine Scotland Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techfestsetpoint.org.uk\/\">Techfest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what did you do at the weekend? I spent a morning making slime! 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