Atley - 03/25/2021

Atley ate two servings of cream of wheat cereal and ate dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate turkey burger, bite of whole wheat tortillas, two bites of sweet potatoes, and ate cherries.  

Science with Lauralea today. The theme was "absorption." We did three different experiments and in the first experiment we had 6 different materials and the kids guessed which material would absorb the best. Svea won this round and she was SO proud of herself!! She was the only one who guessed "cotton balls." We had paper towel, toilet paper, two different types of cotton materials, sponge, and cotton balls. 

This second experiment involved guessing how much water this diaper could hold. (Svea donated a diaper for this experiment! Thank you Svea! My bad for not asking permission from Parents first!! So now I'm asking forgiveness!) Lauralea used a measuring cup and they all guessed 3/4 cup of water. We knew it would be a LOT more because we used the material out of a diaper during a past Science class. The answer was 5.5 Cups of water it absorbed before it was totally FULL. And heavy!!  

The last experiment (and it involved some "waiting time") was putting some water in a bowl, choosing a color to add to the water, and then adding a Tablespoon full of "basil seeds." Basil seeds are tiny tiny seeds. After absorbing some water they ended up having about the same texture as "water beads" and so we're gonna send those home with the kids. (They are non-chockable and safe.) They are still soaking in the water and we're gonna see how much water they will absorb.