Borax Crystal Star - Sick Science!

Learn more at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/experiment/magic-crystal-snowflake
Bringing real snowflakes inside individually is next to impossible. So, to work around this conundrum, we've come up with the Magic Crystal Snowflake. This special snowflake is just a beautiful and unique as a snowflake from the sky, but it won't melt! The Magic Crystal Snowflake uses some fun hands-on chemistry and makes a perfect holiday experiment.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Borax
• Snowflake
• Growing
• Crystals
• Holiday
• Decorations
• Christmas
• Tree
• Ornament
• Sick
• Science
• Easy
• Cool
• Experiments
• Steve
• Spangler

[RebuildReach]

this looks like rock candy...

[dungeono]

I'm going to make yellow stars 

[hurstolds841]

Awesome, science at its coolest!

[whatsabolero]

what if you dipped a snorlax into some borax?

[TechnologyMe]

Same thing that happen's with Rock Candy.

[Pop12646Okami]

@SuperBamaslim then you can eat all of the snowflakes after you don't need them :D

[IvyVega186]

What happens if you use cold water instead?

[champofspeedstacks]

So what exactly is the purpose of this experiment?

[cblasterx]

@SuperBamaslim Sugar will attract ants...

[maggieafr75]

aw cute

[SuperBamaslim]

Why use borax when the same can be done with sugar? Nontoxic too!

[Cathy892007]

I want to do this!