Saturday, September 10, 2011

Science, Part 2






Our very first science experiment this year was to mummify an apple. I had the kids guess what would happen over the week that the apples just sat. They did pretty good in guessing. None of them would touch the mummified apple when the experiment was over. Can't say as I blame them. I touched it though, and was surprised how soft it was. It was kind of cool to see how the baking powder mixture kept the one apple from rotting.

Our most recent experiment involved an egg, a small contain, masking tape and some water. The egg is our brain, the container is our skull and the water is the fluid between the brain and skull. We took an egg, placed it in a small Tupperware container and dropped it on the ground. It smashed.

Then we took another egg, placed it in the same container but filled it with water and taped it shut. And then dropped it. It did not crack.

The whole experiment was to show us the importance of the fluid around the brain and how God designed it just to protect our brain from slamming into our skull when we hit our head. Which happens a lot around here.

It was a great visual example of the workings of our body . . .

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