Christmas (Dec 25)

This two-minute video explains the chemistry of how snowflakes form, from their origins in bits of dust in clouds that become droplets of water falling to Earth.

Egg drop projects are awesome for encouraging children to think and problem solve -- use Christmas wrapping & bows to Christmas-ify this project.

Learn how different liquids can dissolve candy canes -- you'll be surprised, they don't all dissolve them the same!

A simple experiment to learn about the properties of snow.

Learn all about the physics of snowflakes. Check the sidebar menu, to see all of the topics. This site, from California Technical Institute, also has a gallery of snowflakes.

In this activity, learners watch videos of snowflakes growing, observe real ice crystals growing in a chilled chamber and that snowflakes are examples of self-assembled systems studied by nanoscientists.

Did you know that snowflakes are all six-sided and that none of them are exactly the same? Learn about the science of covalent bonds and the making of a snowflake. Related Lesson

In this fun science project, students will learn some surprising facts about pinecones. They'll also learn how they can make pinecones open and close.