Scientist of the Week

We had another cool science experiment on Friday, Peppy Pepper!

All set up and ready to go!

Our scientist put some water in a container, and then sprinkled pepper on top.

Then he put in a drop of dish soap. You have to watch carefully, because as quick as a wink, the pepper moved to the sides of the container. 

Wow, that was cool! 

Our scientist did a great job explaining to the class what happened. Thank you!

blogger blues

I'm not sure why, but I got behind in January on the blog and have not caught back up. I'm sorry for those of you who are trying to keep up with the class. (At least I have kept up the sidebar with current spelling words and curriculum information.) Now that I have a BYU student, maybe I will have a few minutes to get caught up on things! AND maybe I will remember to take pictures of all the fun things we do at school :)

Scientist of the Week

Maddie was our scientist a few weeks ago and she did the experiment Penny Polish. 

It was pretty amazing!

 Here she is getting set up and ready to go...

She had three solutions to try to clean the pennies with: soap and water, lemon juice, and salt and vinegar. Each child predicted what they thought would work the best, most chose soap and water.

 Maddie carefully stirred them around in the bowls and then showed the class how clean it was.

At the end, it was obvious which one worked the best. The salt and vinegar made the penny so shiny. It was amazing!

Maddie did such a great job with her experiment. Thank you!

Scientist of the Week

We had another great scientist a few weeks ago perform a really cool experiment. This is a fun one and easy to do at home as well. The experiment was called Paper Power. Our scientist showed us how paper folded certain ways was strong enough to hold up two heavy books.

Here is our adorable scientist all set up and ready to go.

Look at all these different ways she folded the paper!

Can you believe this paper was strong enough to hold two heavy books?

The class was amazed!

Some of the paper was folded in a way that was not strong enough to hold the books. Smash!

This one was really cool!

Thanks for such a fun experiment!