After John Gibbon came and shared his wonderful crystals, the children mixed up two batches of crystal making liquid. The first
was a saturated brew of sugar and warm water, stirred until no sugar remained undissolved. The second was warm water and salt. We poured them into clear containers and waited for the crystals to grow. And waited. And waited, And waited. Periodically, one of the children would look at us and announce, it still just looks like water. Are they really going to grow crystals? The first encouraging sign came at the bottom of the salt crystal container.Hard to see with the naked eye, but we could see them with the hand magnifier, crystals. Very encouraging. Over the days, as we talked about evaporation, the crystals grew. The sugar crystals came together more dramatically; once they got going, there were some good sized chunks of crystals to see. So we are happy to announce- We Have Crystals!Tweet
May18
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