Slime, tornadoes, and static electricity: How the host of ‘Emily’s Wonder Lab’ wants to teach kids about science

When Emily Calandrelli started sketching out plans for her new Netflix science show, she knew right away what she wanted one of her first experiments to be: making a pool full of oobleck, the gooey slurry of cornstarch and water that’s become a science class staple.

“Ever since I had played with it and learned about this whole non-Newtonian characteristics, I had wanted to create a pool of this stuff, to be able to run across,” she said.

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