life lately

Well, I managed to go all of June with no posts. Blogger I have forgotten about you. sorry. I will try to keep this updated better.

This last week i have been consumed with preparing for SAU's science camp they hold each year. I am in charge of the 3-5th graders. (yikes!) In five short days (really short, we only had four hours a day to prep) I, with the help of one 5-6th grade teacher, have planned and practiced 8 demos, and 24 activities to do with the 30 kids. wow.

But it has been a blast so far and tomorrow I get to see all my hard work pay off!
In the next week we will be learning about how submarines change their depth in the water, density, humidity, clouds, looking at pond water under a microscope, learning about light, playing with glow sticks, playing with slime, Solar bags and UV light beads, melting pennies, zinc plating pennies, turning them brass, playing with dry ice, baking soda and vinegar reactions, mentos in pop, and did I mention yet walking on water. phew!

some of the demos the camp director has planned are really really cool, Rubens Tube demo (Rubens tube involves propane and "dancing" flames to music-so cool) ( i think you can youtube it) and making dippin' dots with liquid nitrogen are just a couple of them.

oh we are also testing foods for starch/sugar content with iodine and cabbage juice pH tests! and separating the colors out of markers using chalk and water. I am such a nerd, I get so excited about some of this science stuff. hehe. I just love watching kids get excited about the world they live in and exploring it in a whole new way than usual.

hopefully i'll remember to post some updates on how its going!