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How to Make Snow in a few seconds

Activity 1: Make Snow indoors

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 Materials

  • cup

  • snow powder

  • water

 Procedures

  1. Have a look of snow powder. It is so powdery just like sugar or flour.

  2. Put the powder in the cup and add water. Watch what happens.

  3. The powder turned into a snow-like material. Touch and feel it.

Activity 2: Rainbow Snow

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 Materials

  • water

  • clear cups

  • food coloring

  • snow powder

 Procedures

  1. Pour 40ml water into each cup.

  2. Add colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and purple.

  3. Add 20g of snow powder into each cup.

Science Behind It

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Snow powder, also known as Instant Snow Polymer, is made by cross-linking molecules of the sodium polyacrylate polymer. This is the material which is used in hygiene products like baby diapers. When this material meets water, this powder absorbs water. And this superabsorbent polymer expands up to 100 times its original volume. This is why the powdery material produces a snow-like material. Another fact is when you dry out the fluffy snow, it turns back to its powdery form and you can use again.

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