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The science of macaroni salad: What's in a mixture? - Josh Kurz

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What’s in macaroni salad? Break down the pasta, mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, vegetables, etc., and you’re left with a bunch of molecules. Josh Kurz uses a delicious recipe to exemplify three types of mixtures (solution, colloid and suspension), while reminding us that we’re all made of the same stuff.

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  • Sound Designer Bill Connor
  • Educator Josh Kurz
  • Animator Josh Kurz, Shane Winter
  • Narrator Josh Kurz

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