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The Alkali Metal Series, Reacting with Air and Water

If I understand the annotations on this, YouTuber ironnica’s only posted video, correctly, the footage was produced by a New Jersey educational media company in 1991, and the delightfully British narration more recently by somebody associated with the UK’s Open University. In any case, it is a perfectly concise, interesting, and entertaining demonstration of the increasing reactivities of the group I metals lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium.

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Book Excerpt: Klutz Fabulous Flowers

Fabulous Flowers, by Anne Akers Johnson Klutz is out with a summer-y new project book/craft kit for kids, Fabulous Flowers. Inside are printed and perforated shapes to build 20 different paper blooms, along with all the stem wires, sparkly centers, glue and tools you’ll need. Want to try this craft out? we have a project […]

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Video: Linocut How-To

Here’s a fun, 1-minute how-to video by printmaker and Etsy merchant Beside The Willow Tree. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn about the process in such a short time, and you’ll be soothingly entertained at the same time (or at least I was). The lovely final product looks like this: How to […]

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How-To: Make Magnetic Silly Putty

Clearly, I need to make some of this! Intructables user mikeasaurus shares how to turn regular Silly Putty (sometimes called Thinking Putty) into magnetic putty. All the supplies are readily available, including iron oxide powder, which is found in art supply stores.

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