We have been so busy lately, between activities, housework and good old playing outside. We are currently spring cleaning and redecorating/reorganizing, so we have been constantly on the run.
However, today we went to the local Planetarium. It was only the three of us! We were able to choose what we wanted to do and she choose to learn about the constellations and planets instead of "day and night sky" which is what they normally do for Kindergartners'. Gigi really enjoyed being able to see the stars so bright and understand how to use your imagination to create the constellation "pictures". She was also able to really see how the big dipper is just a part of the Big Bear. He showed her how to use the big dipper to find other constellations by following up the edge of the big dipper to the north star and over to the left to find Cepheus (the king) and if you look right of the north star to find a "W" that forms the Cassiopeia (the queen). He also sent her home with star charts and solar system flash cards! The school where the planetarium is located is also my husbands old middle school and he went to see his teacher from 20 years ago! He brought my husband and Gigi into the class to meet his students! lol Talk about culture shock!
From there we came home and Gigi wanted to work on handwriting, did a lesson in Math and from then got out our science curriculum and then wanted to work on 3 different lessons/experiments. She created her own mold fossils, exploded a film canister and blew up a balloon with vinegar and baking soda. My husband also showed her how to turn ice cubes (solid) into water (liquid) into a steam (gas) and then turn the water back into a solid just by changing the temperature.
Here are some pictures:
First the Fossil Experiment
What a smile! This is Gigi working on the mold fossils.
Pushing in the samples to create the mold.
Her carefully creating "perfect" fossils. :-)
Next comes the States of Matter experiments using antacid tablet and a film canister.
This is to see to see what happens when you put the anti acid tablet in water.
Then we do the same thing inside a film canister and close the top real fast.
These are some picture of use melting my ice cubes i work so hard to keep up with! LOL (we don't have an ice maker-poor us)
She was feeling how the steam (gas) can turn back into a liquid so quickly when it is cooled.
And lastly our Balloon experiment
Gigi Dropping the baking soda that is in the balloon into the tube filled with baking soda.
See ya soon!
