Pond Skaters & Surface Tention

The first experiment was done by taking water from the cup & dropping it into the lid. Here we learned how the water bubbles up round in order to keep it held together. This is called "surface tension."

































The second experiment was to show how a pond skater uses surface tension so that he is able to be on the water. The paper clip signifies the pond skater.

Daddy helped with this one & he started by having Superkid try to put the paper clip on the water without the "L" shaped helper. (As you can tell by all of the paperclips that dropped to the bottom, it didn't work.) Daddy then explained how we needed to put the paper clip on the water without disturbing the surface tension.






























Ta Da!!

We did it!!!!

I Got a great video of Superman & Superkid squirting each other with the dropper. Lots of fun!

Oh! I almost forgot to give the link to the pond skater videos we watched beforehand. Click here for some great footage of the amazing pond skater. :-)

Science Day

Well, last week we did good trying to get school done even while re-arranging & organizing some things at home and a few other things. The only things we missed out on were science & art. So, today we'll be working on science & we'll do some book basket time together. Then, tonight we'll pick up a good bar of soap to do the soap carving. :-)

We're off to do some SCIENCE...
See you soon!

A long drive to Canada...

Today we set off to Canada!

I asked how they would be traveling and Superkid said he wanted to drive. So, we setup our "car" in the living room. I draped a blanket over the "backseat" chairs to make it a little more realistic. A "sit & spin" was used for our steering wheel. :-) I pretended to be a mexican border patrol agent and said if they paid me enough I'd give them a ride, since they didn't have a car. I made sure to speak in spanish as much as I possibly could. Made small talk about how they didn't have any luggage and were supposed to be "world travelers!" As we traveled across the United States, we drove through our hometown and our family in CA's. We had to stop a few times for cows, horses and elephants stuck in the road. Of course we made sure to stop for gas plenty along the way. Actually we routinely forgot to check and kept running out of gas! So, we took turns pushing the car until we'd find a gas station. We also took turns driving because you can get awfully tired driving from Mexico to Canada on your own. It was a little rough when the 2yo drove, but we made it through!

Once we made it to Canada, we stamped our passports then snuggled (or "nuggled" as my daughter would say) together reading up on all the weeks geography lessons. They then colored their flags and did a few worksheets. And we called it a day. :-)

Very fun!!

Books are in for Canada!

So far we've only worked on math this week. Hey, he really needs to catch up in this area anyway, so we may as well spend the holiday's doing extra work in mathematics, right?

Less stress for mama and more responsibility on Superkid.

Alas, we can't stay on math forever though. So, just in time - our books for Canada arrived at the library today. Tomorrow I think we'll do our Bible studies and vocabulary (maybe throw some English in?) Then Thursday we'll head into Canada for the first time and hang out there for awhile. Friday we'll do science and art then we'll be done with the week.

IF all goes to plan...