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  • A Tale of Two Christmas Science Projects

    Potato Inertia Experiment With a Potato, Knife, and mallet, stick the knife about an inch into the potato. Using the mallet, tap the handle of the knife with the potato hanging at the bottom of the knife. See what happens? This is a clear example of Newton’s First Law of Motion. Inertia is a property

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  • Christmas Stem Projects

    Christmas Stem Projects

    We have been having a lot of fun activities brought to us by our elves this year. Today, they suggested we try out the Tallest Elf & the Snowman Challenge. For the Tallest Elf, each child will build the tallest elf out of gumdrops and toothpicks. I gave each 24 gumdrops and 42 toothpicks. You

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