![]() ![]() This makes for a great observation activity as kids can try and determine the smallest details that will still be molded. It is pretty easy to make a mold with Crazy Aaron’s thinking putty – just press an object into it and remove. Putty is so much fun to play with, especially when you are pressing things into it. Make a mold and cast of a house key, like a spy. What if your ball is a cube or a pyramid? 3. Think of how a football bounces differently than a basketball. Except here we don’t want to bounce high, we want to bounce in a crazy manner and investigate how the shape of the “ball” affects how it bounces. This is another fun bouncing game with your thinking putty. Investigate how the shape of the putty affects the bounce. What do kids notice? Is there a correlation between the size of the ball and the hight it will bounce back up? I love this project because it really does only use Crazy Aaron’s thinking putty, so set up is a breeze! 2. Kids will need to measure the diameter of the ball and the height of the bounce.īring in graphing and analysis by asking them to graph the ball bounce height (y-axis) as a function of the ball diameter (x-axis). ![]() You could ask them to devise a plan to control the ball bounce, or you could suggest that they drop the ball from the same height each time. Then kids should bounce the ball in a controlled fashion. Does more thinking putty make a bigger or smaller ball? Kids should take different amounts of Crazy Aaron’s thinking putty and roll it into a ball. The goal is to find the best size ball to bounce the highest. This can be the start of a great experiment that reinforces how to take various types of measurements, as well as has a nice blend of engineering in it. Find the best size for the bounciest ball.Ĭrazy Aaron’s thinking putty is a silicon-based putty that can be rolled into a ball and bounced. 5 Science Projects you can do with Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty 1. ![]()
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