Scientist and “Momma Long gone Geek” creator Lynn Brunelle joined us to exhibit some interesting, spring-themed suggestions to beat boredom all through spring split. #newdaynw
We’ve officially entered spring split territory!
Signing up for us with some cool, spring-themed strategies to defeat boredom is scientist and “Momma Absent Geek” writer Lynn Brunelle.

Peeps Perform Dough Recipe
- 3 peeps (any preferred flavor)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. coconut oil
- Put the Peeps, powdered sugar, and oil into a microwave-risk-free bowl and warmth in microwave for 30 seconds.
- Mix jointly until blended and comfortable.
You are generating a chemical response that changes the stickiness of the sugar molecules and permits the molecules to slide earlier each other. It is really still a sound, but it also has qualities of a liquid. Or else known as a non-Newtonian fluid. Amazing!

Peeps Slime
*Grownup supervision is essential for employing the microwave as this slime gets warm! You are heating up marshmallows.
- Peeps (sleeves of 5)
- Cornstarch
- Vegetable oil
- Tablespoon
- Bowl and spoon
- Microwave oven
- Crack apart the sleeve of five peeps and include to a microwave-protected bowl.
- Insert a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the bowl of peeps.
- Set the bowl of peeps in the microwave for 30 seconds.
- Eliminate the bowl from the microwave (grown ups should do this be sure to).
- Incorporate a tablespoon of cornstarch at a time and mush it into your softened peeps. The peeps will be on the warm/scorching side so adults really should do this to commence.
- We extra a complete of roughly 3 tbsp. of cornstarch to each and every colour batch. You can really feel when it isn’t really really sticky any more, but you want to make positive to seriously knead just about every tablespoon in effectively prior to you incorporate much more. Keep on to knead and extend and engage in with your Peeps slime!
- At this point, you can continue to make far more batches of the Peeps slime if you have extra colors. My son was most psyched to be equipped to blend the shades!

Try out and Dissolve a Peep!
Most folks assume that Peeps are principally sugar. We all know that sugar dissolves in h2o. This suggests that Peeps ought to dissolve in water, right? Improper!
- A grownup
- 3 jars with lids
- Very hot water
- White vinegar
- Nail polish remover (acetone)
- Peeps
1. Get a grownup to aid you get and label your glass jars:
A. Warm water
B. White vinegar
C. Nail polish remover
2. Drop a Peep in every jar.
4. How long does it take for the Peep to dissolve?
5. Does the Peep dissolve?
Essentially, we found that Peeps are not soluble in drinking water (a polar liquid), acetone (a non-polar liquid), or vinegar (a robust acid). Some of the sugar did dissolve off the floor of the Peeps, but there was no visible dissolving of the Peeps of any variety.
Consider about that the following time you consider about popping one in your mouth!

Make Your Individual Egg Geodes
What’s cooler than smacking a rock in 50 percent and getting brightly colored crystal geodes? Nicely, it’s possible producing your Easter eggs into geodes can be as fun! Check out earning your possess geodes with stuff you probably already have all over the residence.
- 3 containers of Alum (you can locate it in the spice portion)
- Neon food items coloring
- Compact glass bowls or jars
- Eggs
- Pushpin
- Scissors
- White glue
- Tiny paintbrush
a. Make a gap in 1 conclude of a uncooked egg with a pushpin. Make a couple holes so you finish up with an opening about the diameter of a chopstick.
b. Make a different gap on the other conclude.
c. Location your lips on just one conclusion and blow tricky. The egg ought to trickle out the other side. Save it for afterwards.
d. Use your scissors to slice the shell in half lengthwise.
e. Wash the inside of of the shells.
f. When they are dry, paint the within with a layer of white glue and sprinkle a layer of alum. Let this dry for a few of hrs.
a. Make the alternative by introducing ¾ cup alum to 2 cups boiling water. Stir until finally is it completely mixed.
b. Pour some of this answer into your glass cups and increase 2-3 drops of food coloring.
a. When the resolution is awesome ample to contact, spot your egg shells in cup side up — fully submerged.
b. Permit this sit right away 12-15 hrs.
c. Meticulously elevate out your geode
d. Position them on a paper towel to dry.
e. Appreciate!
You are building a supersaturated solution by adding sizzling drinking water to alum. As it cools, crystals kind. Mainly because you have the eggshells in the h2o with a slim layer of alum, the crystals will get started to form on these alum crystal “seeds” all evening and the resolution will sort crystals. The shade of the food coloring will be trapped in the crystals.
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