{"id":2522,"date":"2018-07-13T02:55:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2018-07-13T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:44:43","slug":"ivory-soap-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/07\/13\/ivory-soap-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Soap Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b><u>Materials<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div>Bar of Ivory soap<\/div>\n<div>Microwave<\/div>\n<div>Towel or paper plate<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><b><u>Directions<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Cut the bar of Ivory soap in half. DO NOT put the entire bar of Ivory soap in the microwave at once&nbsp;unless you want a huge mess! C<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">ut the halves in half to make&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">four quarters of the soap. Place 1\/4&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">&nbsp;piece of the soap bar onto a paper plate and heat it in the microwave for 1-2 mins.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><b>WATCH<\/b>&nbsp;what happens! The reaction happens quickly so watch it &amp; stop the microwave when appropriate. Remove the plate and allow your child to explore the soap. You may want to move the soap explosion to a tray or plastic container. Heat the remaining bars, 1\/4 at a time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Extension: Try adding a little bit of water to the soap.&nbsp; Ask your child to describe the different textures.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Bar of Ivory soap Microwave Towel or paper plate &nbsp; Directions Cut the bar of Ivory soap in half. DO NOT put the entire bar of Ivory soap in the microwave at once&nbsp;unless you want a huge mess! Cut the halves in half to make&nbsp;four quarters of the soap. Place 1\/4&nbsp;&nbsp;piece of the soap &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/07\/13\/ivory-soap-explosion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ivory Soap Explosion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2523,"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-2522","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\/2522","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\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}