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Minnesota, it’s so cold that… if you don’t have a sled, you can make one out of frozen Orbeez. Watch and subscribe all of the Minnesota Cold Weather Experiments: www.youtube.com/nziegler .

Materials:

• Two large storage containers that will hold about 8 gallons each
• One cup of dry Orbeez
• Two sleds
• LED Christmas lights with battery back
• Water
• Strainer
• Bricks
• Hill to sled down
• Cold weather

Steps:

1. Measure out 1/2 cup of Orbeez for each container. Add about 7-8 gallons of water to each container.
2. Let the Orbeez sit overnight to soak up the water.
3. Use the strainer to scoop the Orbeez into the bottom sled.
4. Put the second sled on top of the first.  Use the bricks to weight down the top sled.
5. Wait for the Orbeez to freeze (this will take much longer than you expect).
6. Bring the sled with the frozen Orbeez to a hill.  Tip it over and pop out the frozen Orbeez sled.
7. Sled down the hill.
8. Repeat if it doesn’t break into pieces.

Helpful Hints:

• Use plenty of LED lights so that if the Orbeez sled breaks, it will still be held together.
• Make sure that the temperature is very cold so it freezes more quickly.

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