October 2, 2008 at 3:26 pm · Comments (5)
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Halloween is right around the corner and I’m debating on whether to actually get Eric a new costume or let him wear his old one from last year. Last year he was Darth Vader, and surprisingly the costume still (barely) fits him. It cost me roughly $60, so it might be wise to use it one more time. Then I guess I’ll sell it on eBay or something cause people buy halloween costumes on eBay all the time. Anyway, in celebration of Halloween this year, I think I’m going to pick a couple of cool Halloween related experiments off of SteveSpanglerScience.Com. I got a newsletter from them yesterday and it was about Halloween experiments.
The one I want to definitely try first is the Glow-In-The-Dark Pumpkins experiment. I think Eric would like that one alot. But I’ll have to order some of that glow powder. I have a blacklight in my closet from my younger years, so I won’t have to buy one of those. I also want to do something with dry ice, and Steve Spangler has an interesting experiment with that, too. For any of my readers that have young kids (not babies or toddlers, of course) I highly recommend SteveSpanglerScience.Com. It sparks their imagination and educates them at the same time. What could be better?
September 5, 2008 at 11:11 am · Comments (2)
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I know it’s just the beginning of September, but Christmas is just around the corner. It will sneak up on us quick. That’s why I start thinking about it early. When making decisions regarding what gifts to get my son for Christmas, I generally go for a few thinks I know he wants, as well as a few educational christmas gifts. One place I find myself looking for gift ideas at more and more is The Steve Spangler website. They have some really cool science related products and awesome “toys” for your youngster or budding little scientist. My son expressed a love for math and science at a very young age and for the past 3 years has said he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. That’s why I tend to lean more towards science related things when I’m looking for educational gifts. Alot of kids think educational toys are probably not something they’d want, but if you check out some of the cool products they have out now, you’d be surprised at how much fun your child could have while actually learning something. I suggest for kids around my son’s age (he’s almost 9) try some test tube experiments, or a microscope and some interesting slides with various things on them. Kids love that stuff, really. You can find some of the test tube kits on Amazon.com, or SteveSpanglerScience.Com. On Amazon they have this set called Lab in a Bag which I bought my son last year for Christmas and he absolutely LOVED it. I also bought him a science experiment book, so there’s another idea. Not only does he get the opportunity to learn about science, but we get to do the experiments together thus spending some quality time one on one with each other. As any parent knows, children love it when their parents give them one on one time, especially when they get to do something fun. Toys R Us also has tons of educational toys for kids. Look for brands like LeapFrog, Leapster, and Learning Resources for educational gift ideas. I’m telling you, you can’t go wrong with these kinds of toys.
September 5, 2008 at 10:59 am · Comments (1)
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This is a classic experiment that we tried in science class when I was a child. Eric and I tried it at home, we used both the balloons and the hardboiled eggs just because we could. It’s kind of hard to find an old glass milk bottle, but our local grocer sells organic milk as well as chocolate milk in these old types of bottles so it wasn’t too difficult for us to find. If you have trouble finding the bottle, you could use one of those orange juice bottle. With those you’d definitely need to use the water balloon.
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