Simple chemistry-Loads of gooy fun!

For something fun and hands on, we made foam slime.  The students witnessed the chemical reaction in front of their eyes and hands.  They also learned that proportions make a difference.  Too much shave cream, color or manipulation and the outcome is less than ideal.  Colored hands, stiff goo, and lack of cohesion followed.

Gametophytes and capsules - Vortex cannons in nature

We are exploring plant classification in science right now and we are finding amazing things in our outdoor learning lab area.

Mr. Harvey also brought us something to try that was a fantastic tie-in to our lessons on moss and fungi.  Who knew there were cool vortex cannons as small as that!

Gametophytes and capsules - Vortex cannons in nature

We are exploring plant classification in science right now and we are finding amazing things in our outdoor learning lab area.

Mr. Harvey also brought us something to try that was a fantastic tie-in to our lessons on moss and fungi.  Who new there were cool vortex cannons as small as that!

Cutting ice blocks with wire without breaking it....could you?

Passing a wire through a block of ice without breaking the ice?  Sure enough!  Mr. Harvey rigged up quite the display that not only showed the wire passing through the ice without the block being cut in half, but he also demonstrated how the pile of salt on the block would slowly melt the ice through.  Amazing!