{"id":106,"date":"2010-12-20T10:28:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-20T17:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2011-06-21T13:39:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T19:39:03","slug":"christmas-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2010\/12\/christmas-science\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Christmas Vacation Science Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLooking for something fun to do with the kids over Christmas break? Here are a few science projects I’ve found on the web.<\/p>\n

This has two Christmas suggestions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Identifying mystery powders, \tincludes a decision chart and backstory (I’m guessing Mrs. Claus \tisn’t very good at food storage safety). Requires basic household \tsupplies: baking powder, baking soda, flour, powdered sugar, baby \tpowder, corn starch, vinegar, and iodine.<\/li>\n

Chromatography Christmas \tdecorations (requires coffee filters and non-permament dyes, like \tthose in an overhead marker. I’ve even seen it done with M&M’s)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
2. \u00c2\u00a0 Christmas Ornament <\/a> (Crystals)<\/p>\n
A holiday variation on your typical crystal garden experiment.<\/p>\n
3.\u00c2\u00a0 Examining Snowflakes<\/a> (Crystals)<\/p>\n
This one requires children to collect snow flakes as they fall, inspect them, and record their observations. Not really an option here on the border, but maybe you’ll have a White Christmas at your house!<\/p>\n
4.\u00c2\u00a0 Old Fashioned Sponge Candy<\/a> (Acids and Bases)<\/p>\n
The combination of vinegar (acid) and baking soda (base) makes a foamy candy.<\/p>\n
5.\u00c2\u00a0 Interplanetary Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n
What would Christmas be like on the other planets in our solar system?<\/p>\n
6.\u00c2\u00a0And don’t forget to let the kids help you with the baking! Cooking is full of math and chemistry, and it’s yummy, besides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Looking for something fun to do with the kids over Christmas break? Here are a few science projects I’ve found on the web. This has two Christmas suggestions. Identifying mystery powders, includes a decision chart and backstory (I’m guessing Mrs. Claus isn’t very good at food storage safety). Requires basic household supplies: baking powder, baking &hellip Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[43,45,16,44],"tags":[90,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}