Real life is basically exactly like Pokemon, if you know where to look: this little guy is also known as the African spur-thighed tortoise, and he looks ready to rumble. (#regram @sciencealert)
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Materials: 1. Mixing spoon 2. Mixing bowl 3. Food coloring 4. 1/4 cup of water 5. 1/4 cup of white craft glue 6. 1/4 cup of liquid starch Steps: 1. First, pour the glue and water in the mixing bowl. 2. Next, stir the glue and water together. 3. Then, add 6 drops of any food coloring of your choice. 4. Next, add liquid starch and stir. 5. Finally, play with the mixture until it becomes stretchy and store it in a zip bag when you are not using it. Lesson: The glue is a liquid polymer, which means that the glue has tiny molecules connected together in a chain. When you add the liquid starch, the polymers of the glue hold together making it slimy. The starch helps link all the polymer strands together creating slime.
Lightning being frozen in what’s known as a Lichtenberg figure
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How to tell how old an egg is.
Egg shells are porous, so as they age, they absorb more air, making them float! But old doesn’t mean bad–before you throw out those floaters, crack ‘em open; if they smell and look like a normal egg, you’re in the clear.
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Materials: 1.granulated sugar 2.food coloring 3.stovetop safe container 4. Cream of tartar 5.candy thermometer 6.light corn syrup 7.water 8.adult 9.aluminum foil pan 10.measuring utensils Steps: 1. First, add one and three forts of sugar in the stove top safe container 2. next, add 1 cup of water 3.then, add half a cup of corn syrup 4.next, add 1/8 teaspoon of cream of tartar 5.then, combine all the ingredients 6. Next, slowly heat the heat the mixture at a low boil while stirring 7.then, keep the mixture add a low boil and please a candy thermometer in the container. 8.next, keep the mixture boiling until the temperature reaches 300 Fahrenheit 9.then, pour the mixture into the foil pan 10.next, add food coloring to the pan and spread the colors 11.finally, let the mixture cool until hardened. Lesson: This experiment is used in candy making. When you add corn syrup, it prevents the sugar from re-crystallizing. The cream of tartar separates the sugar crystals into glucose and fructose, which are simple sugars. The light that passes through the translucent sugar glass will take the colors from the food coloring you choose
I grew crystals in my fridge last night. They are also lavender scented. Here’s how I did it: About 2 cups of lavender scented Epsom salts. A glass jar. 1 cup of hot water (microwaved the water) ½ cup of additional hot water with food coloring of your choice (I used green) A fridge to put the jar of melted Epsom salts in over night.
Directions:
The ½ cup water, get it hot then you are gonna mix food coloring in it and set it aside.
Put your Epsom salts in the glass jar.
Take the full cup of hot water and pour into the jar over the Epsom salts. Stir for two minutes.
Take the colored water you had put aside and add it to the jar. Stir it up and then put the jar in the fridge (24 hrs)
When it is time to take the jar out of the fridge, it won’t look different at first do not get discurged! You have to get rid of the remaining liquid, once you do, the result will be your very own crystals grown by you!
Sediment flow and delta formation experiment
Dinnertime for this jellyfish
More about George Washington Carver:
Carver was born into slavery
Carver attempted to enroll at Highland College in Kansas but was rejected because of his skin colour
Carver saved money and enrolled at Simpson College in Iowa where he excelled in academic subjects and impressed many.
Carver was a talented artist.
Etta Budd was the name of his art teacher. She encouraged Carver to study Botany at Iowa State Agricultural College in Ames.
Carver was the first black student at that institution.
Carver impressed his professors and encouraged him to remain as a graduate student.
Carver obtained his Master of Agriculture degree in 1896.
Carver believed that he could use his training as an agricultural chemist to help improve the lives of poor Southern farmers.
The products Carver derived from peanuts range from cosmetics to dyes.
Carver also developed products from other plant products.
George Washington Carver: artist, chemist, botanist, educator, and inventor.
(American Chemical Society Page about George Washington Carver)
Hi everyone! I'm Ashley P. and I'm a Girl Scout who wants to make a difference in the world. Currently, I've been working on my Gold Award Project, which is a project where Girl Scouts solve an issue in their community to earn the Gold Award. The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can achieve. In my project, I'm addressing the issue on how there are a lack of women in the STEM field by creating a program to do fun science experiments with younger girls. Also, I constructed this blog for parents and children to do exciting and simple experiments with their kids to spark a passion in this subject like what happened to me as a child. I hope you enjoy and try to accomplish the experiments I post! Also, please have adult supervision while completing these experiments.
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