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Materials: 1.jelly crystals 2.small cups 3.iron filings 4.calcium chloride 5.zip lock bag 6.water 7.adult Steps: 1.First, Fill one cup with 9 ounces of water 2. Next add a scoop of jelly crystals to the water and wait until the crystals are fully grown. ( The crystals are done growing when there is no more water in the cup) 3. Then add 4 tablespoons of the full-grown jelly crystals to a Ziploc bag 4. Next add 1 tablespoon of iron filings to the bag 5. Then, add a one and a half tablespoons of calcium chloride 6.next, mix everything in the bag by squishing the bag with your fingers 7.then, when everything is mixed, seal the bag 8.finally, squish and squeeze the bag to feel the heat coming out from it Lesson: When the water and Iron is contacted with air, rust is made with a byproduct of heat. Calcium chloride and water produces an exothermic reaction which starts the oxidation of the iron.

Vine 1 of 2 on how heat causes air to move. The flame creates an air current that turns the paper.

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How to make a lava lamp in a cup! Instructions here.

Weekend Project: Do Osmosis with Food

Osmosis is the movement of water across semi-permeable membrane. Experiment with eggs to demonstrate the process of water transport into and out of cells. Get started here!

Today’s Illustrated Women in History is a written submission by James Purvis.

Caroline Herschel 1750 - 1848

Caroline Herschel was an astronomer and singer, and was the first woman to be paid for her contribution to science.

At the age of 22 Herschel, who had received training in music against the wishes of her mother, left her home in Hanover to join her brother William, who had established himself as an Organist in Bath, England. Herschel soon distinguished herself by becoming the principal singer in her brother’s Oratorio concerts, and received offers to perform across the country.

Alongside his musical career, William Herschel’s interest in astronomy grew, and with the assistance of Herschel he was eventually offered the position of court astronomer to King George III. At this time, Herschel chose to leave her singing career and become her brother’s scientific assistant, although some of her later writings suggest that this was perhaps not an easy decision.

Her skill as an astronomer was formidable, and in her obituary, the Royal Astronomical Society praised her ‘indefatigable zeal, diligence and singular accuracy of calculation’ as being significant contributors to her brother’s astronomical success. Herschel was awarded a salary by the court as an assistant astronomer, becoming the first woman to be paid as a scientist.

Her work included the grinding of mirrors for reflecting telescopes, taking observations of stretches of the sky, and detailing the precise timings and positions of the observed astronomical objects, as well as a great deal of calculation in order to translate these times and positions into usable data.

Between the assistance that she rendered to her brother’s work, Herschel found time for her own research, discovering a number of comets, as well as previously unobserved nebulae and star clusters, and compiling catalogues of the stars.

Herschel was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and was later made an honorary member. Today, she is commemorated by a crater on the moon which is named after her.

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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

Materials: 1. A D size battery 2. Paper clips 3. 3 feet of thin coated copper wire 4. A 3 inch large iron nail

Steps: 1. First, leave 8 inches of wire at one end and wrap most of the rest of the wire on the nail ( do not overlap the wires). 2. Next, leave 8 inches of wire at the other end of the nail. 3. Then, remove an inch of the plastic coating from both ends of the wire and attach one end of the wire to one end of the battery and the other wire to the other end of the battery. 4. Finally, put the nail near the paper clips and it should pick them up!

Lesson: Magnets that cannot be turned off like ones on our refrigerators are called permanent magnets. Since the magnet we made can be turned off and on, it is known as an electromagnet. They run on electricity and are only magnetic when the electricity is flowing through the wires, which has the molecules in the nail attract to the metal paper clips.