Calming Jar

Name: Calming Jar
Brand: Steve Spangler Science
SKU: 166738
Price: 2.99 USD
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The possibilities are endless when you drop these orbs in water
Learn about fluorescence and phosphorescence
Use them again and again for hours of fun

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Product Description

Give kids a tool that supports their social-emotional growth with these unique jars that help them soothe their emotions so they can refocus and concentrate. Great for Back to School, or a fun activity at home, combine cool ingredients and encourage little scientists to shake and turn the jars and watch the ingredients swirl around to calm themselves down. The Steve Spangler Science team enjoys these as adults too!

Like all our fun and fascinating polymer or hydrogel products, these tiny Colorful Growing Orbs teach a big lesson in color and light! Also, find out why these thirsty pebbles play an important part in maintaining a healthy environment. The possibilities for experimentation are endless when you drop these orbs in water! Just drop them in water and watch them grow! Dry them out to see how quickly evaporation can take over… and then use them again and again!

Here are some combinations you can try:

Glow Powder with Colorful Growing Orbs
Pearl Swirl with Colorful Growing Orbs

What’s Included?

Jar
Pearl Swirl Powder
Colorful Growing Orbs

What Does It Teach?

Learning about the science of things that glows requires an understanding of two important terms – fluorescence and phosphorescence. It’s also important to note that not all zinc sulfide glows, but luminous zinc sulfide does glow!

Fluorescence – This type of luminescence occurs when some form of radiation, such as light, causes an object to glow. For example, fluorescent papers and poster boards glow in the daylight. They may seem to glow even brighter under black light (ultra-violet), but in either case, as soon as the light is removed, the glow stops. Fluorescent things do not glow in the dark all by themselves – they require some other form of energy such as ultra-violet light to “excite” them.

Phosphorescence – Phosphorescence is just like fluorescence, except that the glow continues even after the light used to excite it is removed. “Glow in the dark” toys phosphoresce brightly in total darkness after being “charged” or excited by ordinary white or ultra-violet light. Glow Powder works by absorbing surrounding light energy and then releases that energy when the lights go out. It’s called phosphorescent and it’s the perfect way to get your students excited about energy… and a great way to celebrate Halloween!

So, how does zinc sulfide work? Imagine that an atom looks something like our solar system. The sun would be the nucleus consisting of positive charges called protons and neutral charges called neutrons. The planets spinning around the sun would be similar to the electrons of an atom in orbits around the nucleus.

When the electrons in the atoms of special molecules like zinc sulfide become excited, they move farther away from the nucleus – into higher or more distant orbs. In order to become excited, the electrons must take on energy. In this case, light provided the required energy to cause the electrons to move to a higher energy level. It’s as if Earth were to move farther away from the sun into the orbit of Mars or Jupiter.

The electrons will remain in the excited state as long as they receive light to energize them. But, when the light used as an exciter is removed, the electrons will slowly return to their original lower orbits. As they do so, they give up the energy that excited them in the form of light.

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