Silly Science

Remington has been doing classes at the Landa Rec Center every Monday morning since the beginning of September. Because Southern started school, I wanted Remington to have a little something to look forward to as well, so I signed him up for some classes through the New Braunfels Parks and Rec Dept. Last month was "Dr Seuss on the Loose" where they read a Dr Seuss book each time and then did a craft and/or activity about the book. Like on the day they read Green Eggs and Ham, they cooked eggs with green food coloring in them and ham. And on the day they read The Cat in the Hat, they made a Cat in the Hat mask to wear and did an activity where they threw colorful balls into the cat's hat.

The October session of classes are called "Silly Science", and each class consists of the kids doing one or two science experiments. Remington has made slime, a tornado in a jar, a color explosion in milk, etc. The highlight of the class had to have been the erupting volcano though. It was made on the first day, and since then the boys (there are two other boys in his class) have been asking their teacher, Mr Matt, to do more explosions. (He listened to their request, and at the end of our most recent class, he took us all outside. He had a bottle of Coke and some Mentos. All he did was open up the Coke, pour a few Mentos inside, and run back. An explosion of Coke shot up about 8 feet in the air. It was awesome, and the kids loved it! BUT you have to wonder what those things do inside your stomach - and I am super grateful that I rarely drink soda and don't eat mints.)

So below you will find a short video clip of Remington's volcano exploding. They used modeling clay to form the volcano (you had to make sure and firmly attach it to the paper plate at the bottom). The kids then decorated their clay with markers. Mr Matt helped them scoop some baking soda and pour it inside of the volcanoes once the clay had hardened. Then they dropped in a few drops of their choice of food coloring. Finally, Mr Matt walked around to each boy and poured vinegar in the opening as we all watched on.