We are kicking off Day 1 of our Seuss-tastic STEAM challenge with two STEAM activities inspired by Cat in the Hat!
***This 5-day STEAM challenge has ended. All five days of the challenge are now available to members of the STEAM Activity Lab.
STEAM Challenge #1: Can you create a hat like Cat in the Hat made from slime?
Objective: Recreate the Cat in the Hat’s famous hat with red and white slime.
Book: Cat in the Hat
Materials:
- Red Slime
- White Slime
- White Plastic Cylinder
- White coated paper plate
- White Duct Tape
Step 1: Make your slime! Check out our favorite (and super easy) slime recipe here. We used red food coloring and clear glue to create the red slime and white glue to create the white slime.
Allow your students to be part of the process. Encourage thinking like a scientist by asking questions and predicting what they think will happen as the ingredients are mixed together.
Step 2: Tape a white plastic cylinder to the paper plate to create your “hat”. Make sure to use a coated paper plate so the slime doesn’t stick to it!
Step 3: Let the children explore and play with the slime before introducing the “hat”.
Step 4: Introduce the white hat and challenge your students to re-create Cat in the Hat’s famous hat with slime!
Allow this activity to be a time of open exploration. Your goal is to engage your students and encourage them to ask questions. Thinking like a scientist, artist or mathematician is asking questions!
It also is fun to let the slime sit on the hat and observe what happens or try mixing the red and white slime together to see what new color is produced!
STEAM Integrations:
Science: How is slime made? What will happen if starch and glue are mixed? What happens when the two slime colors are mixed?
Technology: Take digital photographs or video to document the process of your slime Cat in the Hat.
Engineering: Build a hat like Cat in the Hat!
Art: Draw a picture of your slime hat.
Math: What are other ways you can recreate the pattern of the Cat in the Hat?
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