Crystal magic at Fairhope Intermediate School

Submitted by Margaret Dumus
Posted 9/25/11

Fairhope Intermediate students in Virginia French’s sixth grade class grew crystals during a study of minerals. The students coated a cardboard tree with a “magic liquid” (a solution of diammonium phosphate and potassium phosphate,) waited …

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Crystal magic at Fairhope Intermediate School

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Fairhope Intermediate students in Virginia French’s sixth grade class grew crystals during a study of minerals. The students coated a cardboard tree with a “magic liquid” (a solution of diammonium phosphate and potassium phosphate,) waited about 10 hours and then … crystal trees!