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FAMILY FIRST FRIDAY
APRIL EDITION
Egg-cellent Science
Egg-periments
Fizzy Eggs
What You Need
How To Make Fizzy Rainbow Easter Eggs
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Baking Soda
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Vinegar
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Food Coloring
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Plastic Eggs
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Eye Dropper
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Egg Tray
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Set up a tray with an egg carton and set up your eggs.
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Add several drops of food coloring to each egg. You can also color separate containers of vinegar and let the kids mix and match colors.
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Now, fill each egg with a spoonful of baking soda!
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Now it's time for the excitement. Set out a bowl of vinegar for eyedroppers. Fill up your eyedropper and watch the magic happen!
Popsicle Stick Catapult
What You Need
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10 Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
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Rubberbands
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Spoon
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Firing Power (marshmallows, pompoms, pencil top erasers)
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Plastic Eggs
What To Do
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Make a prediction on which object you think will fly the furthest.
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Take all your supplies and build your popsicle stick catapult.
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Test and measure how far each item goes.
Egg Drop Challenge
What You Need
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Packaging Material
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Tissue
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Old rags/t-shirts
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Recycled Container Goodies
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Styrofoam
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String
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Bags
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Other Things around the house
What To Do
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Build a structure for your egg that will protect it from breaking when thrown from a high place.
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Be creative and have fun
*Expert tip*
Use a hard boiled egg to test the structure the first couple of times, then transition to a raw egg.
Peeps PlayDough
What You Need
What To Do
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6 Bunny Peeps
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6-8 Tablespoons of Flour
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1 Tablespoon Crisco
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In a microwave-safe bowl, add 6 peeps, 6 tablespoons flour, and 1 tablespoon of Crisco.
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Place in microwave for 30 seconds. Remove and stir together.
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Once you cannot stir anymore, take out and start to knead in your hands. If it’s too sticky, then add more flour and keep kneading until it’s no longer sticky. Don’t add too much.
Surprise Eggs Eruptions
What Do You Need
What You Need To Do
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Baking Soda
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Vinegar
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Food Coloring
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Water
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Bowl and Spoon
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Plastic Eggs
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Empty a box of baking soda into a bowl. This should yield 6-8 large eggs when completed.
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Add water a small amount at time until you get a moldable but not runny dough that holds it shape when pressed together. If liquid oozes out when you pack the dough, add more baking soda.
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Squish some of the dough into the bottom of the egg and place your item on top. (Disconnect the top and bottom pieces of the egg from each other)
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Pack in more dough around the item.
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Fill the other half of the egg with more of the baking soda dough and put the two halves together firmly.
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Gently lift off top and see how your egg looks. Pack in more dough if necessary.
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Put the top back on and pop into the freezer for at least 15-20 minutes. This will help them firm up and keep shape.
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While the eggs are freezing, prepare cups with different colored vinegar. Have extra vinegar handy!
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Carefully remove the eggs from their molds.
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Drop into colored vinegar containers.
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Be prepared to ooh and aah and say “wow!