My favorite night so far was probably when we did science demonstrations using common household items. We made our own soda with lemons, simple syrup and baking soda (they won't be bottling that anytime soon), made old pennies new, made an earthquake with jello, tried to make sparks with wint-o-green lifesavers but that didn't work out like it was supposed to (too much humidity here perhaps?), explored taste without smell, infected passerby's with glitter 'germs', and more. The girls had to match up each test with the scientific principle on display. We covered density, emulsion, expansion, surface tension, and various chemical reactions all in just one hour.
In the coming month's we are going to be pitching tents and lighting fires, and exploring ballroom dancing, music, and sports and nutrition. I'm open to topics and suggestions if anyone has any, please share.
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An aside - When preparing for the science night I checked out some books from the library and came across this gem: The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. I will be owning this next time I need to add $$ to an Amazon order to qualify for free shipping. Maybe if I had had this book I wouldn't have had to withdraw from Chemistry 101 in college, and I would have become a dentist after all.
3 comments:
I'm the webelos leader so it's great to be able to get vip access. we did an in n out tour over spring break, that was a big hit. i'm gonna try to do a bunch more restaurant ones. unfortunately cafe rio doesn't do tours, but I heard cpk does. we also took a tour of the adobe construction site by our house, that was really interesting for the kids and for me
I have met several friends here lately whose girls go to the Activity Days. They said once Julia is 8 they'll invite her. It sounds awesome.
I want to come to your activity days!!! Holy smokes you do fabulous stuff.
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