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A. Jimerson @Super2ndsMrsJ #SeesawAmbassador When I was a kid, my mom made "rainbow pies" with my younger brother and I on a rainy day using foil pie pans, our oven, and all the crayons my brother had mischievously broken that summer. We were amazed she could find a way to turn crayons we might have trashed into colorful new treasure! In 2020-2021 while going back and forth Zooming with my students as so many of us did, I challenged myself to find new ways to teach our hands-on math and science unit about matter. This became one of those illustrations, but several of my families actually did it together and shared in their journals their results! I knew this year I had to try to find a safe way to do it with my students in-person. Hello, Instant Pot!! :D I used the individual cupcake silicone molds from/for the Instant Pot and the IP silicone trivet to easily set them in and take them out. We have a set of 12, but only 8 fit at a time. Michael's sells silicone molds you can use in the oven but I couldn't find ones to fit the IP so I used the cups instead. You can also use foil pie pans or metal muffin tins (spray first) for a traditional oven. You can use the 2 pdfs included to make this an ELA lesson about functional text too! Have fun- and tag me on Twitter if you try it out. I'd love to see your results!! Have fun! Thank you for not resubmitting to the District / Community libraries.