Below Zero Temperatures = Science Experiments!

For this week’s Weekly Challenge, try one of these Cold Weather Science Experiments and figure out if it’s real or a myth!  Don’t forget to share your results!

1. Freezing Soap Bubbles: Head outside with some bubble solution and blow some bubbles!  NOTE:  Try heating up the bubble solution in the microwave beforehand.  You can make your own bubble solution with 2 cups of water, half a cup of dish soap, and 2 teaspoons sugar.
2. Banana Hammer: Hang a banana outside for a few hours and it will freeze solid-solid enough for you to be able to hammer actual nails with it.
3. Make An Ice Thrower: Fill a Super Soaker with boiling water and then shoot it out into the cold.  When very hot water meets very cold air, the water vaporizes, turning it into ice crystals…essentially, homemade snow.  Don’t have a Super Soaker, just use the pot you boiled the water in.
4. Freeze-Fry An Egg: Don’t actually eat it, but leave a frying pan outside for about 15 minutes and then crack an egg into it.  What happens?
5. Instant Freeze Water – Bottle Slam

If none of these experiments catch your interest, a simple Google search for “Cold Weather Science” will display several options.  Have fun and don’t forget to submit your learning!

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Art requires creativity and imagination and enhances flexibility, adaptability, productivity, responsibility and innovation – all required skills for a successful career in any field of study.  

The ‘A’ in STEAM represents ‘Art’ which includes music.

source: https://sproutsupplies.com/blog/steam-the-importance-of-art-in-stem-education/

For this week’s Weekly Challenge, you’ll have an opportunity to explore the world of opera.  There are several different learning choices.  Pick as many activities as you’d like and then demonstrate your learning by creating a product.

• Opera Facts for Kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Opera
• Kids Meet an Opera Singer: https://youtu.be/95RLviccrQc
• Shh! We Have A Plan | Opera for Kids: https://youtu.be/2k_yEBBEvyw
• Blob Opera: https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw
• Children’s Opera “Little Red Riding Hood”: https://youtu.be/KdnOZwrrhUA

You are welcome to find other resources of your own.  Have fun!

Submit Your Work Here: https://forms.gle/UmK5n4AXx9V5gpG78

NOTE:  There is a Marvelous World of Opera badge available if you’re interested.  Get a copy of the recording sheet here: https://sites.google.com/westside66.net/eybadgepage/fine-arts-badges?authuser=0

image source: https://pixabay.com/vectors/flake-snow-snow-flake-snowflake-2029377/

Whether you’re creating one with a folded piece of paper and pair of scissors or you’re learning about the science and math behind them…

Snowflakes are so FASCINATING!

For this week’s Weekly Challenge, you have several different learning choices.  Pick as many activities as you’d like and then demonstrate your learning by creating a product.

• Learn about The Science Behind Snow: https://www.noaa.gov/stories/how-do-snowflakes-form-science-behind-snow
• TED-Ed The science of snowflakes – Maruša Bradač: https://youtu.be/FwGH4gulLX4
• The Beauty and Science of Snowflakes: https://ssec.si.edu/stemvisions-blog/beauty-and-science-snowflakes
• Making Paper Snowflakes: https://www.marthastewart.com/266694/decorating-with-paper-snowflakes
• Make a 6-Pointed Paper Snowflake: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Make-6-Pointed-Paper-Snowflakes/
• The Koch Snowflake: http://gofiguremath.org/fractals/koch-snowflake/
• How to Make Borax Crystal Snowflakes: https://www.livescience.com/41636-borax-crystal-snowflakes.html

Feel free to find other snowflake resources!  Learn something new and have fun creating!

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