{"id":470,"date":"2015-08-02T08:49:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T22:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2019-09-21T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T00:10:47","slug":"glow-water-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/glow-water-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make water beads GLOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How to make water beads glow with tonic water. Simple <a href=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/glow-science\">glowing chemistry fun<\/a> for kids.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3720\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-GLOW-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to make water beads GLOW\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-GLOW-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-GLOW-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-GLOW-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-GLOW-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls had so much fun playing with <a href=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/fluorescent-slime\/\">fluorescent slime<\/a>, that I thought I would see if I could come up with more <a href=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/glow-science\/\">glowing ideas<\/a>. After all, our black lights were sitting up on top of the fridge, taunting me!<\/p>\n<p>I found out that vitamins aren&#8217;t the only common household material that fluoresce &#8211; another is something that you might find in the drinks aisle of your local grocery store; <strong>tonic water<\/strong>. I love how science doesn&#8217;t rely on fancy pants materials!<\/p>\n<p>And then I thought about how obsessed the kids have been playing with water beads all summer long, and I wondered if I could combine the two&#8230;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And it totally worked. Yay!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3719\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-water-beads-that-glow-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tonic water beads that glow\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-water-beads-that-glow-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-water-beads-that-glow-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-water-beads-that-glow-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-water-beads-that-glow-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n<h3 class=\"general\">Suitable for<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m adding this activity to my suggestions for <a href=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/3-4years\/\">3-4 year olds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/5-6years\/\">5-6 year olds<\/a>. Please see safety recommendations below. Jewel was 4.5 and Bumble was 2.5 years old when we first tried this activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"hide-in-excerpt\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">contains affiliate links<sup>*<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>To make water beads glow, you will need:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>clear <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30cy0Af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">water beads<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QlnPFO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">tonic water<\/a> (must list &#8216;quinine&#8217; as an ingredient)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31LeHMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">black light<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Water beads are an absorbent polymer that is commonly by florists used as a vase filler. They are sometimes called water balls or crystal soil. (For this activity, look for ones that don&#8217;t contain added fertiliser). I bought ours from an Australian supplier, but they look to be the same as the ones you can buy on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30cy0Af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>. (They are a handy thing to buy online as they are small and easy to ship). You might also be able to find some in the floral section of your local craft store.<\/p>\n<p>Look for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QlnPFO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">tonic water that has quinine listed as an ingredient<\/a>. Most brands do. It doesn&#8217;t matter if quinine is only listed as a minor ingredient (5% or so) &#8211; this will still be enough to make it glow.<\/p>\n<p>For the glowing effect, you also need a dark room and a black light (i.e. a long wave UV-A ultraviolet light with either LED or blb bulb). You can find them easily online &#8211; they are often marketed as dog or cat stain finders. We&#8217;ve tried <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31HFPf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">this one<\/a> and a few others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/glowing-water-beads.jpg\" alt=\"Glowing water beads\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/glowing-water-beads.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/glowing-water-beads-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/glowing-water-beads-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/glowing-water-beads-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What to do<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Soak the water beads and tonic water together in a bowl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let sit for an hour or so until the water beads have stopped absorbing, and are a nice round shape. (If your water beads are a bumpy shape, then you need to let them soak a while longer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3713\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-vs-regular-water-beads.jpg\" alt=\"Tonic vs regular water beads\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-vs-regular-water-beads.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-vs-regular-water-beads-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-vs-regular-water-beads-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-vs-regular-water-beads-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonic water beads (the ones on the left in the above picture) are smaller when fully expanded than regular water beads. They are also sticky to touch, because of the sugar content of the tonic water. (Diet tonic water might solve this, but we haven&#8217;t tried it ourselves yet).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Strain and discard any excess tonic water and regular water.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> 3. Close the curtains, and turn off the normal overhead lights, and turn on your black light\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3712\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Glowing-water-beads-in-low-light.jpg\" alt=\"Glowing water beads in low light\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Glowing-water-beads-in-low-light.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Glowing-water-beads-in-low-light-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Glowing-water-beads-in-low-light-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Glowing-water-beads-in-low-light-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. &#8230;and be amazed as your water beads start to glow under the UV black light!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3714\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-and-water-beads.jpg\" alt=\"Tonic and water beads\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-and-water-beads.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-and-water-beads-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-and-water-beads-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-and-water-beads-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How\u2019s that for easy!<\/p>\n<p>You can really see the difference if you look at the difference between tonic and regular water beads in your hand at the same time. The tonic water beads look like they are glowing from within. It&#8217;s very cool!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3718\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-Water-Beads-vs-Regular-Water-Beads-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tonic water beads vs regular water beads\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-Water-Beads-vs-Regular-Water-Beads-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-Water-Beads-vs-Regular-Water-Beads-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-Water-Beads-vs-Regular-Water-Beads-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Tonic-Water-Beads-vs-Regular-Water-Beads-1-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n<h3 class=\"fun-fact\">Fun Science Facts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quinine\">Quinine<\/a> is commonly used for medicinal reasons, however it is also an ingredient (in small quantities) of most brands of tonic water, to give a&nbsp;distinctive bitter \u2018tonic\u2019 taste. Quinine is also highly fluorescent. It is so consistently fluorescent, that it is used in photochemistry as a \u2018common fluorescence standard\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A black light shines a special type light called ultraviolet light, which has a wavelength that humans can&#8217;t see. It&#8217;s like invisible light energy. Things that fluoresce (such as quinine), absorb this invisible ultraviolet light energy, and reflect it back, except at a wavelength that humans can actually see. That&#8217;s why the tonic water beads look like they glow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3715\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-glowing-waterbeads.jpg\" alt=\"How to make glowing waterbeads\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-glowing-waterbeads.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-glowing-waterbeads-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-glowing-waterbeads-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-glowing-waterbeads-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I use activities like this to introduce scientific concepts to my daughters in a fun and hands on way.&nbsp;It doesn\u2019t matter if they don\u2019t understand the theory behind it at this point: it\u2019s enough that they can <em>see it<\/em>, and <em>touch it<\/em>, and <em>be amazed<\/em>. They are learning&nbsp;to associate science with fun and wonder. Using words like absorb, transparent, fluorescent, ingredient, quinine and ultraviolet light in context increases&nbsp;their familiarity with these words, and because I favour using scientifically accurate vocabulary in our play, they quickly grasp the meaning and start using&nbsp;these words themselves.<\/p>\n<p>It might sound cheesy, but whenever we do activities like this, the kids and I fistbump&nbsp;<em>\u201cthis is science\u201d<\/em> and chat about how important it is to&nbsp;ask \u201c<em>I wonder how that works?<\/em>\u201d when we look at the world around us. Then we proclaim ourselves \u201cScience Girls\u201d. (They are lapping up the science love right now, and I really hope that they can keep their sense of wonder and inquiry: it\u2019s this that makes a true scientist, regardless of her chosen profession.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a few ideas of how we can play with these glowing water beads (a witches brew is one idea that comes to mind), but I&#8217;ve leave that for another post. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3723\" src=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-glow-thumbnail-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to make water beads glow thumbnail\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-glow-thumbnail-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-glow-thumbnail-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-glow-thumbnail-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gosciencekids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-to-make-water-beads-glow-thumbnail-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"info-box\">\n<h3 class=\"warning\">Safety Recommendations&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The water beads I buy are non-toxic, which means they are safe for kids to touch with their hands, but are <strong>not edible<\/strong> in either the expanded or unexpanded form. Unexpanded water beads could expand in the stomach and cause blockages. Expanded water beads are a choking hazard. This activity is only suitable for kids who understand not to put things in their mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Low power long wave ultraviolet light (UV-A light), such as is emited by black lights, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_light\">is not a hazard and can be viewed without protection<\/a>. However, as with all torches, please don&#8217;t shine directly into eyes.<\/p>\n<p>All kids&#8217; activities on this blog require attentive adult supervision. Parents and carers will need to judge whether a particular activity is appropriate their child\u2019s age and skill level. 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