STEM Meetings Minutes

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The ingredients needed to make 4 different types of Fake Snow. Who knew?!

December Meeting – Frozen Party !!

Be sure to read the descriptions under each picture for the rest of the story. The winning fake snow recipe is: Recipe 1 Baking Soda & Shaving Cream Mix 1 cup of baking soda with 1 cup of shaving cream with a fork. Add a few drops of water until mixture takes on a snow-like appearance. you may need to add a little more water or baking soda, depending on the humidity of your room.

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After all four mixtures were created the students compared and contrasted and chose a winner in each of the three following categories: COLDNESS TEXTURE SNOWBALL FORMING

 

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Hands down the number one recipe made with common household ingredients won in all three categories over a commercial product.
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Each student has 4 buckets to to prepare four different recipes of FAKE SNOW!

 

 

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THE WINNER!!!!!! Recipe #1 Baking Soda & Shaving Cream Mix 1 Cup baking soda with 1 cup of shaving cream. Mix with a fork. Add a few drops of water until mixture takes on a snow-like appearance. You may need to add a little more water or baking soda, depending on the humidity of your room.
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Not #2 {baking soda and paper towels with a little water}
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The young scientists were sent home with supplies to create a crystal tree ornament made simply with 3 TBLSP Borax and a cup of Boiling water. Have fun experimenting at home and let us know what you’ve learned!!

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At our October STEM meeting we learned all about

thermal dynamics with water and air.

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Learning that cold water is more dense than hot water and therefore sinks below the hot water.
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Paper products and supplies for making thermal driven twirling flowers.
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Precision cutting for the best results.
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As the heat rises the flower spins.
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It works!

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At the September 2016 STEM meeting attendees learned about density, polymers magnetism.

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Oil and water do not mix and can therefore do some pretty fun things!
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The denser the liquid the closer to the bottom of the jar it sits.

 

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Carefully adding layers of liquids that actually lay in levels.
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SHHH!!!! Scientists at work!

 

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Slowly….
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Job well done!