Madison's Summer Report! Part2

During the last week of our Summer break we were able to fit in a few more Science Experiments Anna found online...:-) BUT most of them did not have successful results...

One of them exclaimed that with simply Baking Soda and Hydrogen Peroxide you could turn ordinary Mountain Dew into a glow stick...

 

So we tried and eagerly anticipated the amazing results...but they never came...apparently it is a trick where they put a glow stick at the bottom of the Mountain Dew and just neglect to mention that part...

 

Another one Anna found involved drawing a picture with glue...

  

Sprinkle Kosher Salt and then...

By dabbing paint the paint is supposed to spread throughout the drawing...

This was a bit of a dud as well...

Then we tried one I (Dave) had done in my classroom and even this one doesn't work...it is a simple illustration of diffusion using gummy bears...the gummy bear in salt water shrinks a bit and the gummy bear that sits in tap water expands to like 20 times its size...but perhaps due to the heat in the house...all the gummy bears disintegrated...very disappointing!!

 

And lastly, don't think we posted this experiment we did right after Violet was born...

Making moon dough using cornstarch, shaving cream and food coloring!! 

This one was a bit more successful!!

Madison was able to use it like playdough and cut out shapes...

Another thing we put some effort on teaching Madison until Violet arrived was playing Tennis but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of her cuteness... I will do better in the Fall though:-)

And lastly our little fish really became like a Dolphin this Summer so see it yourself:-)

After our Sea World trip we took back in June Madison turned into this amazing Dolphin girl and started to spin in the water, dive down to the bottom to pick up toys, etc... She pretty much started to do these things on her own so we really can't take the credit for it...:-)

Here Madison is getting comfortable standing on a body board...:-)

 

Sometimes this happens but it's okay...:-)

Here Madison is getting thrown far by Daddy...:-)

Here Madison tries to swim like Daddy...:-)

This is nothing new but Madison jumping into the pool with Daddy...:-)

It was tough to film, but Madison also loves to dive down and retrieve her diving sticks...she often comes up doing a spiral like a dolphin :-)

Hope everyone had a great Summer!!