DIY Experiments: The science of snot from Eureka! Lab

The first in Science News for Students’ Eureka! Lab video series is . The video and three accompanying blog posts show how to set up your own snotty experiment, and provide ideas for further mucus research.

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The Society’s and Science News for Students’ resident scientist and science writer Bethany Brookshire conducted several rounds of a snotty experiment. Teachers can use her video and blog posts to help explain experiments — and how to set them up — to their students

The first video in the Eureka! Lab series addresses questions like how far away from a sneeze do you need to stand to stay safe and how to test whether thick or thin snot flies farther during a sneeze.