Plasticity Lab

Hey there folks, Bigdog here with a fun lab on the topic of Plasticity. Now, some of you may think that the labs I blog about are a little too "Bill Nye the science Guy", but this lab is totally different. This lab shows a hidden trait in the earths mantle called "Plasticity." Now, for this experiment our supplies contained water, food coloring, and cornstarch. This concoction mixed together makes a colorful liquid/solid mix. Now, you get to touch it and feel it but what you really need to realize is that when you add heat and pressure to this mixture, it becomes a solid. Then, when you let up it becomes a liquid. So, this is just like the plasticity in the mantle of our earth's crust.