Christmas Science

Do you need a little magical Christmas science? This simple and VERY cool 5-minute science activity is a must-try! Young scientists will be in awe as they watch festive stripes of red and green magically stretch across their plate as water reacts with the sugar on the candies.

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Getting the Christmas Science Ready

You know what I love more than a fun science activity? When that activity only requires three things!

The prep for this super cool science activity was as quick as it comes!

First, I gathered all of my supplies:

• • a white plate
  • some holiday M & Ms (including a couple extra for snacking!)
  • a measuring cup filled with hot tap water

I had my kids help me make a circle of red and green M & Ms around the rim of the plate. It was a fantastic way to practice making patterns- two reds, two greens, two reds, two greens… and so on.

Once the M & Ms were arranged, we carefully poured enough hot tap water onto the plate so that the bottom of every M & M was covered.

The magic began almost immediately as the colors began to seep from the candies through the water to form a beautiful holiday design.

The Science Behind It

Our simple, 5-minute science activity was a brilliant way to learn that sugar (like the color coating on M & Ms) dissolves in hot water, becoming a liquid that stretches across the plate.

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