Science Day

Science day was lots of fun! We invited the homeschool group over to our house for some science experimenting.  Stations were set up around the yard for trying out.  We had oobleck  in one area, with items to test if they would sink or float.  There were hoop rockets vs. paper airplanes for distance.  Once the kids learned to through these straight into the air instead of on the grass the bubble bombs became a hit.  Before we moved inside (the black flies were starting to become bothersome) we did the favorite mentos and diet coke and elephant toothpaste.  The latter didn't have the effect it did in the video unfortunately, but most of the kids hadn't seen the mentos so that made up for it!

The kids had a chance to try mixing oil and water together while painting some paper, getting a marbled effect which the younger kids enjoyed.  Everyone was really impressed with themselves when they mastered this cool experiment.  The last experiment, hover crafts, were fun to make.  They were a little temper mental, requiring really, really flat service. Once we figured that out we were set.
It was a great morning.  Some kids did a few of the activities, others did all of them.  A few kids altered the experiments for different results.  The parents were placed at different stations to guide or give a hand. My kids never get enough of these kinds of activities, so it was nice to finally give a whole bunch of them a try.