Cher here again! This week was super busy so there wasn’t as much prep for today, however, it was still very entertaining and fun!
We decided to go with the egg and bottle experiment. Mostly because we needed something a little less time efforty. Is that a word? So on our shop today we got a Starbucks drink for the glass bottle to use for the egg. Drinking the contents was the hardest part of the experiment. It was pretty brutal.
Hailey made egg salad for lunch (thank you, it was delicious) and then we made a couple extra for our experiment with the kids. I would say the first time was kind of a flop, but we laughed so it was also a win.
So we had our lighter, bottle, paper, and peeled eggs and we were ready to go.
It took a little while to keep the flame going because I accidentally took too much paper to fold and it was thicker than it needed to be.
The egg sunk down very slowly until it was almost through and then it got stuck, so after we realized we would be watching it until bedtime, I decided to push it down and try again for the second one. Oops!
The second time I used way less paper and Brady was able to get a super good flame… the only problem was that Hailey was trying to take a time lapse but the egg went through so fast that we almost missed it. It was pretty good though. We explained to the kids why the first one didn’t work and why the second one did. Then they watched Brady get the egg out of the bottle for the second time, and I am pretty sure that was more exciting and eventful than the experiment itself. However, it was still lots of fun to do Science Saturday with the kids again.
I am loving these little experiments and how excited they get about it while they eat lunch and try to look for clues as to what we are doing this week for Science.
I heard Laela say today “YAY, It’s Science Saturday!” And then I reminded her that she didn’t like science, but she corrected me. She likes OUR science and not school science. Maybe because they don’t get whoopiee cushions and chocolate after? Sorry Prairie View!
Before we let them go read, I asked them to close their eyes and put their hands out and they each got a kinder surprise… because eggs. So relevant, I know. It’s fun though, and I love how Dekker and Laela never expect treats or gifts, they just love hanging out with adults and watching us try to know what we are doing. When I say we, I mean me.
