One of the advantages of homeschooling is that you can take all the time you want for a subject one day, and try lots of goofy experiments. (Hence, the weird try to debunk the internet video bent we have been on in addition to our regular science this week!)
So yesterday, we tried to pop popcorn with cell phones. Some folks say that it works with higher output phones, citing Verizon, though these are all different Verizon phones.
We tried them calling each other, and with using a computer app to call one, too, but nothing happened.
The kids are wondering if the fact that we used older popcorn that I cane across a jar of while fixing the pantry last week had an effect, but imagine not much.
Then, as we have this nice toasty space heater in the room where we do schooling, we put some in a paper bag and sat it in front of the heater on a stool and tried that.
Nope. Though me might still try the solar version later in the week!
Wyatt read a whole chapter of science looking forward to this one-
Owl Pellets
They each got an owl pellet to leasure, weigh, dissect, and try to see what they had.
Wyatt loved finding jaw bones and skulls.
From the hay and grasses, they figure their owls lived near a barn and or grass fields.
Wyatt found three heads, but only one set of scapula. In the end, they put their parts together to one complete one and a big pile of extra parts.
For as much as they like those who dunnit shows, its pretty clear here how the mice (they classified the skulls) died.
But they also determined that miscellaneous parts are either somehow digested, or regurgitated into several pellets. Glad this was an outside experiment and a sunny day!
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