Sunday, May 31, 2009

Bet You Can!


That is the title of a book I bought back when I was in college. I was an Elementary Education major and wanted this book to help with science classes. Its subtitle is: "Science Possibilities to Fool You." Nathan and Ryan are always asking to try out the experiments. On Saturday we tried one called "The Burning Question." You take tissue and roll it into a tube, using rubber cement to hold the edge together. You then take a match and burn the top of the tube. While it only worked once out of three times, the ashes from the tube are supposed to rise up into the air. When it did finally work, the flaming ash went straight toward Nate. It was quite exciting and the kids admitted it was a little scary.
Now Ryan has us eating yummy green olives since he needs the jar for the experiment he has chosen.

3 comments:

Teri said...

That sounds like a really cool book. Connor loves science, he's hoping that in 2nd grade they get to do science. Thanks for letting him play the other day, he had lots of fun. Please send Nathan over any time!

Tara Ann said...

You are a brave mom. And perhaps creating some pyros. hehehe!

Tracy said...

Wow - sounds like fun! nana