Not usually my favorite thing. It's always due right after Christmas (I guess they think we'll work on it over the break - yeah, right). And it's always left till the last minute. Anyway, this year we went on the easy end of the project spectrum. Just a couple balloons, a freezer and a blow dryer. Then measure the balloon and see what happens to the volume of air in the balloon. Simple, yes; but it got the job done. Isaac got it done in just 2 days, all by himself! Anyway...
These pics are NOT about the project. They are what he did after the experiment. Isaac did magic with the balloons and made them levitate. Kept him entertained for almost an hour!
You must be a saint to let your kids use your hair dryer. I aske to borrow Amy's before christmas and was told ..."NO! --- "You'll break it."
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ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun project. We have a couple (of three) months before ours.
I was thrilled beyond words when I finally didn't have a child who had to do a science project. A couple of times my kids were on the video yearbook team and just had to go around filming it, so that was a relief.
ReplyDeleteOne time in 5th grade, instead of kids doing the major project at home, the teachers asked for a list of supplies and the kids had to do it at school, by themselves, with the supplies that were there.
It was a really good experience.
OK so I wanted to use the Hair dryer to warm up the frozen needle valve in the carbuerator of my four wheeler. Sounded like a good idea to me until Amy said no. FOrtunately for me a dumping a large glass of super hot water on the carbeurator did the trick.
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