So when Labor Day Larry came to our house (What?! Labor Day Larry doesn’t bring gifts to your house? What a shame!) he brought our little scientist a gift basket from Steve Spangler Science. The gifts included the Mix & Measure Kit (six big test tubes in a rack, five plastic pipettes, three 250 ml beakers and three 650 ml beakers, plus a liter soda bottle), two Color Mixing Trays and a bag of 100 Fizzy Tint Color Tablets. I especially love the indestructible test tubes that Steve Spangler calls Baby Soda Bottles.
The scientist in JediBoy was thrilled and immediately asked to “do some experiments.” First, I put plain water in a beaker and showed him how to use the pipettes, and let him work on that to be able to control the amount of water going in the tray.
When he tired of that, we broke out the Fizzy Tint tablets and made 100 ml each of red, blue and yellow water, so that he could start mixing colors.
Not only did he explore mixing lots of colors (today he had a passion for using all three primary colors in one compartment)…
…but he also explored just how full he could fill each compartment…
…leading to a cool discussion about surface tension!
We’ve also seen a pileated woodpecker, a family of young robins out looking for food together, and a pair of goldfinches eating from the flowers outside our office window. And the day has barely begun!
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