{"id":1571,"date":"2017-12-21T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2017-12-29T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T16:18:44","slug":"christmas-ice-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/12\/21\/christmas-ice-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Ice Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Materials<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wilton-Star-Silicone-Mold-Mini\/dp\/B000NNK7Z2\">Star Mold<\/a><br \/>\nWater&nbsp;<br \/>\nLarge plastic tub<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fill silicone star mold with water and freeze overnight. &nbsp;Remove star-shaped ice and place in a tub filled with water. &nbsp;Invite your child to use their hands and explore the star-shaped ice cubes. &nbsp;How do they feel? &nbsp;Are they slippery? How many stars can you count? Observe how the ice melts. &nbsp;What happenes to the ice?<\/p>\n<p><b>Lesson Extensions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place one star-shaped ice cube on a plate and set it outside. &nbsp;Place a second star-shaped ice cube on a plate and set it inside. &nbsp;Which one melts faster? Why?<\/li>\n<li>Using a pipette, squirt warm water onto the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Star Mold Water&nbsp; Large plastic tub Directions Fill silicone star mold with water and freeze overnight. &nbsp;Remove star-shaped ice and place in a tub filled with water. &nbsp;Invite your child to use their hands and explore the star-shaped ice cubes. &nbsp;How do they feel? &nbsp;Are they slippery? How many stars can you count? Observe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/12\/21\/christmas-ice-stars\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Ice Stars&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}