Free to Swim
Our summer vacation in Southern France is over but our daily life continues to radiate freedom to learn and explore at our own pace. Swimming was one of those things … Continue reading Free to Swim
Tag: water
How many water molecules are there?
Simon and Neva don’t like going to the beach, which breaks my heart. But on the rare occasions I do manage to talk everyone into a family trip to the … Continue reading How many water molecules are there?
Physics Experiments: Light and trapped inside the water stream
Another take at our light trapping experiment, this time using a red laser pointer. We punched a hole in the plastic bottle and filled the bottle with water. As the … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Light and trapped inside the water stream
Antibubbles
Simon having fun making antibubbles – bubbles that have water inside them instead of air. Learned this from a Physics Girl video and this online instruction: https://www.antibubble.org/page2.html
How much iron is there in your favorite cereal?
If you put a cereal flake in a bowl of water you can steer it with a strong magnet. The magnets above aren’t strong enough, but the really powerful ones … Continue reading How much iron is there in your favorite cereal?
For Mom’s birthday
For my birthday, Simon made me some Fireworks: He made them look even better the following day, by adding trails: The code is Simon’s translation into Lua (the language of … Continue reading For Mom’s birthday
Geeks out of the box 