Crawfish Day

Today was finally the day for another dissection day. Here is the smooth looking chick. Doesn't she look pretty?

So how did we know it was a she? Well there are ways of figuring that out and we did it. As you can see in this next picture my darling son was barely touching this beauty. I could tell he was not liking this. He was sort of turning a slight shade of green. I don't know what is wrong with these kids. hehehehe I had my hands all over this girl and these guys were barely touching it.

This picture shows it all. I was having fun but I could tell he wasn't. So I gave him a break and I finished it all for him. I think he was happy about that.







Here is the book with all the lovely pictures. Now who wants to do this. I'll be happy to come on over and help out. *wink*

Make sure you click on the pictures to make them super big. I wouldn't want anyone to miss a thing. *ROFL*

Echolocation

We are doing Apologia swimming creatures for science and we are on lesson 2. We have been reading about whales and their differences and what they do and where they live. Today we came across our first Try This part which is a little fun experiment to do. It had to do with echolocation.

What you do is roll up two pieces of cardstock in the shape of a funnel and tape it up. Then you talk thru one while you listen from the other one. We talked toward a wall and the other listened and heard what the other said. It was fun and they all got into the fun of saying crazy things to each other.

Science Fun

My oldest son is using Apologia's Physical Science. We have always used Apologia and have used it for years. I personally like the experiments that is suggests to do. This year we just started full force on Physical Science. This is an experiment in Module 2 and even the little one loved seeing the balloon fill up. It had hydrogen peroxide and yeast and the balloon on top. The balloon inflated with no problem. The result was oxygen in the balloon.
The candle was still on while the balloon was inflating. Soon, though, it ran out of oxygen and went out.
After it went out we lit it again and covered it with the jar again but this time as it was going out we got the balloon and let some of the oxygen out into the jar and it would go brighter. The little one loved this experiment. He knows now that for fire to keep going it needs oxygen.

We love our science and we love the experiments.

Fun Friday

We got together with a few friends and had a blow up day. We did mentos and diet coke again just for this day. As you can see it was a big hit. The kids had a blast. There were a few that were soaked with the soda.

This picture gives you an idea as to how high it went. If you are wondering how we got it so high...well, Patty got us an attachment for the soda bottle and you put the mentos in that and it has a little pull thing to let the mentos all come out at once. It shot out like a rocket. The boys would run away but when flew up they all came running back to take a drink as it was coming down. It was fun for us moms too.
We also did the alka-seltzer and film canister experiment. We tried different canisters and the ones with the black caps didn't do as well as the white ones did. A fun time was had by all including us moms.
I'm looking forward to our next gathering. Hope we have a few more join us next time.

Our fun experiment

A friend got us a kit for the diet coke and mentos thing. Myth Busters had a segment on it and my boys have been wanting to do this for a while. So this was it. We finally did it. The only thing is the boys want more diet cokes and mentos. hehehe They all had fun. Here's a little clip of our fun.