Symantha did a bunch of extra chores to earn this Rainbow Crystal kit from Scholastic. It turned out to have some pretty cool experiments for the kids to do, which did not require a lot of work or other materials - my favorite! We read a bunch of information on what crystals are, how they form, etc. Then began the experiments.
This was the first one, which was the best so far. They went to bed with this cardboard star thing in some clear liquid, looking like this...
This was the first one, which was the best so far. They went to bed with this cardboard star thing in some clear liquid, looking like this...
And woke up to discover this! That got some oohs and ahhs. Even from me:)
Then they mixed these gooey crystals with food coloring to make rainbow crystals. This took a few days and didn't look that different than what we started out with... not sure exactly what they were supposed to do, but the process was still fun!
We still have more experiments to do, and they are looking forward to them.
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