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I'm the first to admit that Halloween isn't my favorite holiday. BUT...our jello worms did turn out amazing. The idea came from
Divine Dinner Party, which I found via
Pinterest.
Daddy took the kids Trick-or-Treating, while I handed out candy to a fairly small trickle of little neighbors. I opened a huge, Costco-sized bag of chocolate bars just in time for the very last Trick-or-Treater. So, the next day, let's just say, I was less-than-thrilled by the sugar overload around here.
So today, for our morning Mini-Lesson, we did some
Candy Experiments. (I'm pleased to announce that we got rid of quite a lot of candy before the kids realized what I was really up to.)
For this first one, you simply put M&Ms or Skittles (the more, the merrier) letter-side up in a bowl of water. Can you see the floating Ms in there? It takes a few minutes for them to separate, but it's very cool.
Then we mixed candy colors.
Yellow candies+Blue candies=
Red + Blue=
And finally, Yellow+Red=
Even the youngest of students can learn some basics about fractions with this mini lesson.
Orange Fractions
1. Peel an orange and separate it into two halves. Discuss how there are two parts of one whole orange, thus two halves make one whole.
2. Split the orange into four parts and discuss.
3. Separate all the orange pieces. Ours had twelve parts. Hold three pieces in your hand and ask, "How many parts do I have?" 3. "Out of how many?" 12. "3 parts out of twelve parts is 3/12." If kids are grasping the concept well, explain that 3/12 is the same as 1/4 of the orange.
Liquid Fractions1. Fill a 1 C measuring cup with water or beans. If using water, you may want to put a cookie sheet underneath.
2. Allow kids to experiment with various measuring cups. Help them reach the discovery that 4 1/4 cups make 1 C and 3 1/3 cups make 1 C.
3. Explain why it works that way. Because 3 parts out of 3 make a whole, etc.
Our Sub Zero Ice Cream field trip was AWESOME. Honestly, it was up there with my favorites. Playing with liquid nitrogen was exciting and educational...and something I never would have attempted with the kids at home...even if it didn't cost hundreds of dollars.
The manager, Royal, gave each group a small bowl of liquid nitrogen, which was placed inside a bigger stainless steel bowl. Everyone took turns touching it. You have to be quick. If you touch it too long, it will hurt, and then freeze your finger off...literally.
We froze some little candies and marshmallows and then threw them to make them shatter.
This picture was right after Bubs spilled liquid nitrogen on himself. Um, yeah.
Did you know that liquid nitrogen boils below room temperature? It's crazy! While it sat there in the bowls, it slowly rose to a boil...although it was still
By: Homespun Emily,
on 8/25/2010
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You are probably familiar with Usborne Books. Have you seen their Science Encyclopedia
? It is a beautiful book that has gotten lots of love around here. It's basically a textbook, but one that is pretty enough and interesting enough to just sit down and read.
This book covers the basic topics of Materials, Mixtures & Compounds, Energy/Forces/Motion, Earth & Space, Light/Sound/Electricity, Plants, Animals, and the Human Body in a friendly way that will appeal to elementary age students. Then, when one of the topics strikes your child's interest, he can visit the websites recommended to go along with the topic or try one of the experiments.
We recently grew our own crystals out of alum, based on an experiment in this book.
After letting them grow for a few days, we chose the biggest one, and using it as a 'seed crystal', put it in the jar and watched it grow some more.
It was a fun experiment, and though the
Usborne Science Encyclopedia
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The Usborne Science Encyclopedia, last added: 8/28/2010
Here are a couple twists on an old favorite science experiment. We did the experiment of mixing baking soda and vinegar to make a small explosion. Then, Bubs got curious. Would the reaction be powerful enough to fill up a balloon? You can see in the picture what he thought of that...
Then we tested to see if we could get a toy car to move, powered by a baking soda and vinegar rocket. We didn't get it to work, but we're still working on it. That's what science is all about, right? Making predictions and testing them out. We tried a smaller car. That didn't help. Next we will try making a smaller opening for the reaction to go through.
What simple science experiments have been hits at your house?
Daddy took Bubs to the reptile show this weekend and came back with this (friendly, but still frightening) King snake.
Have I mentioned that Daddy is quite the tease?...And that I am one of the most gullible people on the planet? (No, really. Try to sell me beachfront property in Kansas. Actually that won't work. I'm too cheap. Anyway...)
So, on the way home, Daddy called and said that Bubby had just absolutely-positively fallen in love with this huge python...so huge, in fact, that it would have to live in one of our 2 bathtubs. I kept saying I didn't believe him, but I did. At least that's a step in the right direction for me...saying I don't believe.
Needless to say, this little-ish, well, medium-ish snake was a big relief. Although I wouldn't go as far as Daddy as to say it is part of the family.
Here's an easy science project that was a big hit with the Bubs.
1. Cut a 4 inch piece of straw and a 4 foot piece of fishing line.
2. Put the straw on the line.
3. Tie the fishing line (plenty of that around here...) to two chairs, pulling it tight.4. Blow up a balloon, but don't tie it closed. Just twist it slightly.
5. Using masking tape, tape the balloon to the straw.
6. Let go!!
7. Chase it down and giggle with delight. :)
This experiment demonstrates
Newton's Third Law of Motion because the air blows one direction, and the balloon goes the other.
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Emily your kids are darling, you worms are disgusting, and you candy idea is great. Mine are too little yet to get the idea but in a year or two we will so do that! We have WAY WAY WAY too much candy for the three of them to eat even in a year! Gosh!
K those jello worms look amazingly real, and I love all of your creative candy experiments. You are such a cute mom. Your kids look darling, and I can't wait for you to have your new baby...Hopefully we will get to see you one of these days:)
how fun! I'm going to do this too!