Intermediate - Curious Creator Lab

Discovery Lab - Intermediate Students

1. Watch & Observe

Watch the video on how to make a Taba Squishy Toy and answer the questions below.

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PROCESS UNDERSTANDING

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2. PLAN YOUR EXPERIMENT

Before making your own Taba squishy toy, decide what variables you will change and predict how it will affect the final results.

WHAT WILL YOU CHANGE (CHOOSE ONE OR MORE)

WRITE YOUR HYPOTHESIS

LET'S EXPERIMENT

Create TWO Taba squishy toys. One using the standard instructions and one using your planned changes. Then compare the results by completing the chart.

FEATURE SQUISHY 1 (ORIGINAL) SQUISHY 2 (YOUR CHANGES) NOTES
What did you change?
What was the glue ratio?
What colours did you mix?
What is the texture of your squishy?
Would you say your squishy is stretchy or not stretchy?
Is your squishy firm or sticky?
Does your squishy have a fast or slow rebound rate?
Rate your squishy out of 10. 10 being your favourite and 1 being your least favourite.

Reflection

Answer all 5 questions correctly to complete the quiz!

When you increased the amount of glue in your mixture, what happened to your squishy?

It became firmer or softer
It started breaking apart
The colour changed slightly
It didn't change at all

What effect does adding more flocking powder have on the squishy toy?

It makes it shiny and smooth
It stopped the squishy from being squishy
It makes it look funny
It became less sticky to the touch

If the squishy toy feels too firm, what would you change to make it softer?

More paint pigment
More Glue A
More Glue B
More flocking powder

If the squishy toy is very firm and not very sticky, which answer would be the most correct?

The mixture contained a higher amount of GLUE A than GLUE B, with added flocking powder
The mixture contained less GLUE A then GLUE B and there was no flocking powder
The mixture was equal parts of GLUE A and GLUE B and there was no flocking powder
The mixture contained a higher amount of GLUE A than GLUE B and there was no flocking powder

What statement would be correct about changing the ratios of the glue in your experiment?

Small changes make big differences in the overall squishiness of the toy
Only the colour changes, not the texture
Ratios doesn't matter at all
The result is the same regardless of the ratios