Thank You Miss. Karen

We would like to thank Karen Desjardins, our most awesome Social Work intern, for helping out with our program this last year. Karen will be missed by all of us as she moves on to her next placement! Thank you so much!!!!!

Dry ice experiments

Today, the staff led the students through some really cool dry ice experiments. First, we demonstrated what dry ice did in water. Some of the comments were "like at a rock concert" or "at halloween!" Next, we did a cup filled with water and dry ice, topped with a sheet of paper towel ladened with soap. This formed a really big bubble that grew and grew and suddenly popped when it was full of carbon dioxide. We also carbonated several beverages, such as a sports drink, lemonade and apple juice. We added some cardice to diet coke, and it went flat. We took a bottle and put some dry ice in it without water. This filled the balloon with CO2. Next, Mrs. Williams filled a balloon with CO from her lungs. When asked which one would fall faster, the kids thought it would be the CO one, but they were incorrect. The CO2 balloon fell much faster!!!!!

Boston Museum of Science

Science Experiment

With this experiement, we took heavy cream mixed with some milk and heated it in the microwave. Then we added some drops of food coloring to the solution. Finally, we added a drop of DAWN dish detergent (best known for it's grease cutting properties) to the solution. What resulted was probably one of the coolest things I have seen. The DAWN was pushing the fat in the mixture around the tub, but was visible to the students due to the added food coloring. This was a fun experiment.