So we made dancing water with an acid, base and polyacrylamide crystals.... we made the dancing water with the base and acid and red cabbage powder and then added the crystals. The girls guessed that the crystals would soak up all the water and make them bigger. They were right except we put some in the basic solution - those crystals turned blue and the acidic solution turned red.The question of the day was why do mongooses eyes turn red when they get mad.... We found out that they turn red when they are fighting snakes - like Rikki-tikki-tavi what a great movie and book...
We also got to look at really old cars, like Fords, Pierce Arrows, Stanley Steamers... It funny the girls named all the old cars from the move CARS. We learned how a Stanly Steamer goes and watched while one guy hand cranked his car to get it to start - 3 times. What a great way to learn about old cars, and the best way to see how they work is to see them up close.....
Later we got kind of bored looking at the cars so we went and played at the huge playground and we saw this guy doing a flip to get off the swing... I couldn't believe it so I took a movie... check it out...
The girls and I found the coolest thing at Target the other day and they love them. For one dollar apiece we got times table cards, states, presidents and division. Right now we are working on the states, learning the capitals and learning the times tables. This works great for Belle too, I ask her to add the numbers and ask Mac to multiply the numbers.
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