Steve Spangler Arrives

Since they were closed over the Thanksgiving weekend, our package was shipped on Monday. Making yesterday the day that all of our cool science stuff was to arrive. We went to my ladies morning bible study (which was beautiful.) Then as we got in our car to come home we began to sing about our package that was to arrive. We went home and did a normal school day. With the blinds in the living room up so we could quickly see if the Fed-Ex truck was here. We finished the normal stuff, took a break and I had dear son read to me. My "e" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure. These books are a bit long for early readers, nearly 300 words. Well the truck arrived about a third of the way into the book. We heard the brakes of the truck before we saw it. We all jumped up and ran to the door, doing a little dance as we went. Knowing he would not finish the book unless we did that BEFORE we opened the box, I told DS he had to finish the book before we would open it. He read the next few pages with a quick ease, then dad came home and distracted him. After a few minutes I got him focused again and he finished the book, no problem. Talk about motivation to get through a book. We both wanted into that box. And we were not disappointed. Science gold is what I think about Steve Spangler and his products. It was a matter of minutes and we had science racks with test tubes of mini experiments set-up. Then we tried the tornado tube, not knowing there was a trick the first few times, then I got smart. We made a little traveling science lab to go show grandpa and grandma, our biggest cheerleaders in the science department. The kids had fun showing them some of their new stuff. We tried the marshmellow masher with a large marshmellow but found it too tricky to get into the bottle and have a positive effect. Although we found that the pressure really was building in the bottle as I sent the top blasting into the ceiling and zooming behind the curtain. Lesson learned, slowly unscrew the pressurized bottle with a good hold on the top as you release it. Unless of course you are outside and wish to see it go zooming like a rocket. Although it would have enough force that it could easily be lost as I do believe it would go VERY high. Just a prediction for you. Speaking of predictions, we all made predictions on how big DS's alligator would grow. It started out as 2" and will soak in water for a week. The prediction is for how big it will be at the one week mark. Anyone want to make a guess?

We have science and will travel...science is so cool!