Science fun!

Winter means a lot of time spent in the house...due to sickness, cold, etc. Yuck!  This only means that we have to start getting creative with children's activities.  So this weekend we did a couple of small but very entertaining science experiments with the kids.  Mostly, with Isaac and Addy just watched and tried to spill everything.  ha ha!!  The pictures speak for themselves...Isaac had a lot of fun and asked to do it again today.

The first experiment, put baking soda and glitter at the bottom of a vase, add vinegar and see what happens.

Isaac adding the blue glitter

we added vinegar

It fizzes, explodes all over

so....we did it again with new colors and new glitter

Then of course, Seth being Seth needed a bigger reaction and added lots of vinegar. Very excited.

Isaac kept saying,"this is AMAZING!  Let's do more..,Let's do more." over and over again!

 Second experiment (Sorry Louise) was trying to blow up a balloon using baking soda and vinegar

Isaac was surprised

more impressed by the fizzing going on in the bottle

Addy tried to pop it immediately.

This was an interesting one because it was the last one for the day.  The kids LOVE balloons and once they got ahold of them, all they wanted to do was blow them up and chase each other with them.  I was a little disappointed because I had more to do...but didn't want to diminish their exctiment and learning they already did....the teacher in me said,"okay."  I will put the rest of the experiments back in the file for another super cold...winter day!!!