Hot ice - stalagmites from supersaturated solutions

Declan Fleming shows how to create hot ice stalagmites with a supersaturated solution of sodium acetate. Read the article that accompanies this video in the July 2013 issue of Education in Chemistry at http://rsc.li/eic0413ec This is part of the Education in Chemistry Exhibition Chemistry series: chemistry demonstrations to capture your students' imaginations: http://rsc.li/EiCExChem