Science Fact or Fiction: Zombie Outbreak!
by Sarah France
How could a zombie outbreak happen? In this lab, students will observe how quickly an unknown disease can spread by mixing water from a cup with their peers' water. Contaminated students have iodine in their water - which will turn purple when mixed with corn starch at the end of the lab. Whoever's water is purple after adding cornstarch is a zombie!
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1c-m_i4t6fiTomBk-rPBlkRuE2-QP0irE/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Life Science L1: Cells L2: Organisms & Energy Engineering S1: Engineering & Global Society S4: Apply Science to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD)
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