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What would Valentine’s Day be without a little bit of love and chemistry?
This cool chemistry project involves liquids and soluble solutions. Due to the ratio, you are creating a saturated solution containing more powder than liquid. The powder will never completely dissolve. The magic occurs as the particles settle on the pipe cleaner and form crystals.
This STEM experiment is great for children of all ages to observe, but you might only want your older budding scientists assisting an adult with the pouring and mixing.
For Crystal Hearts
3 cups boiling water
(use Caution!)
9 tablespoons Borax powder
Pipe cleaners
Pencil
String
Glassjar
DIRECTIONS:
1. Take the pipe cleaners and form them into heart shapes. Be sure the heart is smaller than the opening of the jar. Once the crystals form, the pipe cleaner will not bend
2. Tie one end of the string to the heart and theotner end to the pencil. You will suspend your heart in the solution from the pencil.
3. Mix your solution! The solution ratio is l cup boiling water to 3 tablespoons of Borax. It’s easiest to mix in a large bowl and then add the solution to the jar. Be su re it completely covers your heart!
4. Be patient! As the solution cools, you should begin to see the crystals form. Leave your project to completely form overnight, or at least 8 hours.
5. Carefully remove the heart from the jar. The crystals are safe to touch!
