Boost Your Brain Tuesday

On Tuesdays during the summer the boys take part in "Boost Your Brain." It is a program a teacher and friend of mine puts together to explore science while having fun outside of the school year. Sir MMH Hubby went the first week where the boys listened to a story about oobleck, from Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew and the Oobleck, and discussed states of matter. This week they learned the difference between alkaline and acid, ate sno-cones and made smoke bombs.






Listening...










Mixing the ingredients...







The final product...





And the fun began...












If you notice the charred remains next to the firebox, that was the remaining smoke bombs. We don't know if an ember hit them or if the sun was just so hot today, but they went up in smoke (hahaha) without help. Thus....












the cup of water we had for such situations was quickly replaced with a hose. *laugh* Thanks Mrs. D. for such a great morning. We look forward to next week.