It's science fair time at Lily's school. I told Lily she needed to think of a science fair project and she was adament that she wasn't doing it. She had no desire because she might not win. I told her about my experiences with the science fair. That I entered in it, didn't win, but still had fun. That her Aunts had been in science fairs, and we enjoyed it. So we started brain-storming ideas for projects, and we got a few books from the library. Lily was facinated about the idea of making a see-through egg, but she wanted to do that just at home, not for her project. So here it is. It took three days of soaking it in white vinegar for all of the shell to be eaten away. If it where going to be a project I'd have had her soak it in different kinds of liquids to see the effects of several different things. But it's not, so we only did the one egg.
For her project she chose to experiment with popcorn. We haven't started it yet, but the plan is to get fifteen bags of popcorn, put five in the freezer, five in the fridge and leave five at room temperature. After twenty-four hours we will pop them all and see if the different temperature effect how well they popped.
I like this project because it is something Lily can do. It will give us plenty of popcorn to eat too!
The actual fair isn't until April. So she should be ready.
9 comments:
that's a cool egg. Hope you can eat all that popcorn you'll be popping!
That's cool!
That makes me want to go try out the egg thing! How fun!
That is sooooo cool.
Whatever you do, don't burn the popcorn :)
Great science fair project. I remember doing science fairs in junior high where you were there. Also: tag, you're it!
I'm storing both of these away in my memory for when our kids are having to do science fair projects...I hate science fair projects but i will be sure not to let my kids know it!
okay totally hopped on from genine's blog. regarding you popcorn experiment! that's awesome! the my guess is the frozen ones will be the puffiest. when things are frozen then thawed, they work more effectively because the molecules are more alike. put your panty-hoes in the freezer for longevity! sorry for the nosey-ness, but i think science is cool!
I mean i blog-hoped here from the kellogg's page...bad habits of blog hoping late at night!
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