#ExploreElul 25: Speak

Today’s topic is Speak.

This is the final week of Elul and also the final week of our first #ExploreElul! As we approach the start of Rosh Hashanah on Friday this final week also aligns with the days of the Creation story, with today, the 25th of Elul, regarded as the first day of the story.

Throughout the story, each new thing is created after G-d speaks the words to do it. In the beginning there was nothing as G-d spoke everything into existence. Speaking is a powerful tool in what each of us can create in this world.

As part of this Creation week we are doing a creation experiment, growing our own sugar crystals. Check out our posts each day this week to see how the sugar crystals are growing.

The procedure for the experiment is included below so you can grow your own sugar crystals alongside ours! Be sure to use proper safety procedures and tag @jedstem  and #ExploreElul in your post!

Materials Need:

• Wooden skewer  or chopstick
• String
• 1 cup water
• 2-3 cups sugar
• A tall glass or plastic container (The container may be ruined in the experiment, an older container may work best)

Procedure:

1. Lay the skewer across the container and tie a piece of string to it. Make sure that the string doesn’t touch the bottom of the container. Set the skewer and string aside.
2. With an adult's help,bring 1 cup of water to a boil.
3. Pour about ¼ cup of sugar into the boiling water and stir until it dissolves.
4. Keep adding more sugar and stirring until it dissolves, until no more will dissolve. Once no more sugar will dissolve, remove the pot from the heat and allow it to cool for at least 20 minutes.
5. Pour the cooled sugar solution into your container and submerge the string into it.
6. Leave to sit undisturbed. The sugar crystals will grow over the next 3-7 days.
7. Share your results on Facebook or Instagram and tag #ExploreElul and @JEdSTEM

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