Science Night with the Homeschool Group

The lesson was on "The Scientific Definition of Work" and we saw many great examples of work. Mitch had a soda bottle rocket that was propelled by air pressure, a whistling tea kettle, an electric fan blowing streamers, a volcano made with 7-up and Benefiber, a do-not-try-this-at-home fire started with gasoline and much more. It was a great lesson, and when he was done, the kids had an opportunity to present their own projects or experiments that they had brought.

Anna did an experiment using a turmeric indicator to test whether substances were acids or bases. She had made a poster to go along with it, and showed how the indicator turned blood red when put in a base (baking soda) or light yellow when added to an acid (vinegar). Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of her doing this, as the battery went dead on the camera. I did get pictures of the kids playing with Joey's switches and circuits display though.



After the lesson and snacks were done, all the kids displayed their ability to do work, by running from one end of the basement to the other, over and over and over . . .