Margaret+V

Margaret V. 2011-2012 The purpose of the experiment was to figure out in which form (homemade or store-bought) does Play-doh or Silly Putty stick better to a white or blackboard. The hypothesis was that store bought Silly Putty would stick better to a blackboard. In the first experiment, the store-bought Silly Putty was attached to a wall and was timed until it fell. With the Play-Doh, the same process was repeated. The times were averaged. In the second experiment, the substance that stuck the longest was taken and placed on a blackboard and a white board. The board was flipped upside down and was placed on the edge of a table. The surface that has the longest time to fall was used in the final experiment. In the third and final experiment, the store-bought and homemade substance was timed on the chosen surface. The store-bought material was tested first. The times were averaged. The same was done with the homemade material. The form of the substance that stuck the longest on the certain surface was created as the final answer. The result of the experiment was that store-bought Silly Putty stuck better to a white board.
 * TESTING STICKINESS FOR SILLY PUTTY AND PLAY-DOH **
 * ABSTRACT **

An improvement that could be made is to make the homemade materials stronger by using different materials that are not runny. A future possibility is to add different surfaces like a door, wall paper and glass and to add different substances like Blutac and Flarp.
 * Experimental Improvements and Future Experiments **