At home science - How to make play dough - ExpeRimental #15

Make home-made play dough and learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions in this fun and simple science activity to do with children.

ExpeRimental is a series of videos showing fun, cheap, simple science activities to do with 4-10 year olds.

Pasha, Rushana and their son Aaryan explore how mixing different quantities of water with different types of flour produces some surprising results. They learn how to make this classic children’s toy, while learning the difference between a mixture and a solution.

They make playdough from flour, salt, water and vegetable oil, with a little food colouring added to make it more fun. Salt and flour combined together produce a ‘mixture’ – they are physically combined but no reaction has taken place. When the water and food colouring mix completely they form a solution. When all the ingredients are heaped in together and kneaded, a new substance is formed because chemical reactions have taken place.

This series of ExpeRimental is supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

[TheRoyalInstitution]

Make home-made play dough and learn about mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions in this fun and simple science activity to do with children.

[slaughtz]

This was good, even for someone who isn't a kid. I learned some new vocabulary and received a demonstration about it. Intuitively you know this stuff but having it put into words was informative.

[CaliToys]

Very good video, the quality is very good too, bravo

[janneylupitasandoval]

I love your acxcet and how you made the playdough

[mjhuynh]

I made this, and it was sort of like a slime-dough. But it is still fun to play with!

[undeadondope]

Such a great video! This has helped me so much with a lesson plan for students about flour :) !

[RBuckminsterFuller]

Cook it and you've got one very salty pretzel (and apparently with a plastic toy inside).

[Zoe.Lorenzon._]

Do you need cream of tartar for this recipe or can you just make it like this??

[wanadrianabatrisyiawanakma]

I Only Put Flour And Water Only. But Its Working!

[devanshik.c]

Instead of food colouring what can we use??