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Home » Activities » Science » Easy Science Activity for Kids – Earth Day Borax Crystal

Easy Science Activity for Kids – Earth Day Borax Crystal

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I couldn’t resist doing this super cool science activity- make a borax crystal! A great way to integrate basic science concepts into an activity and have a very cool result to display!

I was inspired by Sweet and Simple Things St. Patrick’s post (She created the most amazing crystal rainbow!) and Mess For Less’s Crystal Letters (What a great literacy tool!).

Make a Borax Crystal for Earth Day

So, with my first go at the infamous Borax crystal, I decided to celebrate the Earth!

We used the crystal making borax recipe from Sweet & Simple Things.

Materials for Borax Crystals

Crystal Earth
Borax

Crystal Earth
Boiling Water

Crystal Earth
Something to let your Borax solution and pipe cleaner design sit in at least overnight. We used a flower vase.

Crystal Earth
Pipe cleaners

You will also need a pencil and something to tie your Earth onto the pencil. We used dental floss but you could use yarn, string or a pipe cleaner.

How to Make a Borax Crystal

Crystal Earth
I configured the blue and green pipe cleaner into an Earth.

Crystal Earth
I boiled and poured into the vase enough water to cover the pipe cleaner hanging by, in my case, floss. You’ll want 3 tablespoons roughly for every cup of water, dissolve the Borax so the water becomes cloudy.

Crystal Earth
I wrapped the floss around the pencil and tied it to my Earth.

Crystal Earth

Then we waited…

Crystal Earth

Overnight

 

Thanks for visiting…
Marnie

Tagged With: Earth Day, Elementary, Holidays, Kindergarten, Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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