Today I am sharing my January Dollar Tree STEM Boxes. Yesterday we had Tea Time Tuesday Penguin Edition, and it was the perfect time to take on our challenges!

Challenge #1: Candy Cane Science: Dissolving

Suggested supplies:

Water

Oil

Vinegar

3 jars/containers with lids

3 candy canes

Which liquid will dissolve the candy cane the quickest?

Since we had leftovers candy canes from our December STEM Boxes, I knew I wanted to include them in our January Dollar Tree STEM Boxes. We discussed what a hypothesis was, and my children predicted which liquid would dissolve the candy cane piece the quickest:

Kenten- vinegar Julia- vinegar Jack – oil

Our Winner…

VINEGAR

Vinegar dissolved our candy cane piece the quickest, but just barely! Water was a very close second. The candy cane in the oil didn’t dissolve at all (as of yet).

Challenge #2: Build an Igloo

Suggest supplies:

Plastic Cup

Scissors

Frosting

Mini Marshmallows

We cut down the plastic cups and used the frosting to attach our marshmallow “ice blocks”. Jack learned the hard way that you should really start from the bottom when building an igloo. He wasn’t able to fill all of his in like Julia.

Our finished products…

Challenge #3: Build a Penguin and an Ice Floe

Suggested supplies:

Faux Egg

White Sand

Black Sand

Glue

Craft Sticks

Hot Glue Gun

We decorated our eggs with sand to make them look like penguins, and then hot glued them onto our craft stick ice floes.

Does your ice floe float?

Our penguins and ice floes did float… kinda? Our ice floes didn’t completely sink, but they were a bit front heavy with the egg penguins on them.

Thank you for checking out our January December Dollar Tree STEM Boxes…

We had a blast with these winter themed tasks. Are you ready to take on the challenge?

Did you miss our past Dollar Tree STEM Boxes?

You can find them all here.

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