Since Nicollet gets out at 1:00pm every Wednesday (and half our students ride the Nicollet bus), our school is taking every other Wednesday off (that way it's fair to the New Ulm bus riders). It certainly made for a short day! We went home after noon recess. Still, our day was good and full of learning.
I couldn't ask for a better class. These kids are so willing to help and be of service to me and their classmates. They are curious and have great ideas. They are kind and remember the things I tell them to!
Earlier in the school year we did an experiment: how many drops of water can a penny hold. They each got a pipette and dropped as many drops as they could on the surface. Coins hold more than you think! One boy took it a step further yesterday and left a dime out with water on it. He wanted to see how long it would stay. This morning it was completely dry when he checked it! We couldn't figure out if it had evaporated that fast or just spilled. So we tried the experiment again, this time he recorded when he put the drops on and we checked it throughout the day. At 3:00pm it looks like there is half the water on top that there had been. I'm guessing it will be dry by morning. Our air conditioner is very good at sucking water out of the air, so that's probably our culprit of the fast evaporation. I want to challenge him to see if we can get it to evaporate before the end of the school day (probably need to adjust the number of drops put on). We'll see what other ideas for experiments he has!
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