BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Mad Science teacher 'Gina from Jupiter' shows Shannon Elizabeth Doyle, 9, of Aguebogue how to create slime mixing pva polymer with a sodium borate cross-linker solution to make the soft, moist sticky stuff.
A Slime Time workshop sponsored by the Riverhead Town Recreation Department was held at the Senior Center in Aquebogue Saturday morning. Slime Time workshops teach chemistry and physics in a fun way to get children excited about science.
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'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTOS | Mad Science teacher 'Gina from Jupiter' shows Shannon Elizabeth Doyle, 9, of Aguebogue how to create slime mixing pva polymer with a sodium borate cross-linker solution to make the soft, moist sticky stuff.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
Shannon Elizabeth Doyle (right) shows Leslie Collazos, 8, of Riverhead (left) and Lilly Macthur, 7, of Baiting Hollow how to mix the slime.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
Tara Galka, 7, of Riverhead (from left), Skyler Yuenling, 8, of Jamesport and Thomas Galka, 9, of Riverhead mixing the slime.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
'Gina from Jupiter' shows a group of boys how to combine the polymer and cross-linker quickly so it doesn't seize up.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
Liam Doyle, 7, of Aquebogue getting slimed.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
Haley Brocato, 9, of Sound Beach (left foreground), Grace Trebilcock, 9, of Sound Beach (right foreground), Jillian Sciuto, 11, of Riverhead (left) and Brianna Cain, 10 of Wading River playing with their slime.
'Slime Time' in Aquebogue
Brothers Odin and Honor Scorzelli, 8 and 7, of Riverhead experimenting with the slime.
