Rudolf won’t be the only one with a red nose this winter. According to the Public Health Laboratory Service – last Christmas pharmacists reported that they sold more cold and flu remedies between Christmas and New Year than an entire winter month. Ron Eccles, director of Common Cold Centre in Cardiff says ‘why not try a hot curry instead’. A hot curry makes your eyes and nose run – so the extra mucus can trap the virus. And why do we get red noses? Well, cold dry air is not good for the lungs -so your body sends extra blood to the nose to warm the air as it arrives – this is why you get a runny nose too! The average speed of a sneeze is more than 100 miles per hour! Have you ever noticed that you close your eyes when you sneeze? The reflex involves muscles in the face, throat and chest.

	Make fake snot (or slime)... Caution! Do not eat or leave on carpet or furniture. Be careful, Borax is a mild irritant.
	You will need:
	Borax approx 4% solution (You can buy this in the local chemist). White Glue. Water. Green Food Colouring. Ziploc Bag.
	Instructions:
	Take a cup of water and add it to 1 table spoon of borax.
	Mix 1/4 glue with 1/4 cup of water.
	In the Ziploc bag add and 1/2 a cup of borax solution to 1/2 a cup of the glue solution.
	Add a few drops of green food colouring.
	Seal the bag and knead the mixture.
	Your slime is ready to go.
	What's happening?
	The borax enables the glue (polyvinyl acetate) molecules to join together to form larger molecules called polymers. This makes a thickened – slimey – get, rather like some variants of snot.