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Featured Article: “It’s Slime. And It’s Satisfying.”

“Slime content has invaded the satisfaction internet and oozed into the American middle school. Slime is an art form, a community and an industry: sensory gratification tubbed and sold,” Amanda Hess writes about that sticky substance between liquid and solid.

In this lesson, students explore the appeal of slime among young people and then write their own pieces about the trends and fads they think symbolize modern childhood.

Warm Up

Do you or have you ever played with slime? What do you like (or dislike) about it?

Before you read, watch the video below and scroll through some of the other videos and images in today’s featured article. Take note of the different sensations you have as you look at them. What do you see, hear, feel, taste and smell when you see these images? How do they make you feel?