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Impressions of Simon’s monthly science workshop with John Maas, from Wednesday this week. The main topic was the pH value, acids and bases. We used red cabbage water as a … Continue reading Chemistry workshop: pH indicators
Yesterday morning at Park Spoor Noord: Neva dancing and Simon reading up on c++ programming. Today the reading topic changed to energy. He found the nuclear reactor page the most … Continue reading Studying anywhere
Yesterday we started the day at the doctor’s to have a spot removed on Neva’s face. The liquid nitrogen the doctor used made a huge impression on Simon. The doctor … Continue reading N
Last Wednesday our wonderful chemistry teacher John Maas was here again to give his monthly workshop. This time we asked him to take electricity under the loupe, talk about what … Continue reading Run, electron, run!
Simon found the recipe in one of his chemistry booklets. We have used potato starch, vinegar, glycerine, food coloring and water. The most fun piece was the little blue squashy … Continue reading Our home turned into a biodegradable plastic factory for one day
It was a blast again with Simon’s chemistry teacher. They experimented with salts and lacmus, and – upon Simon’s request – with static electricity. Simon also got little books with … Continue reading
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