All videos and pics from our day 2 camp are part of this gallery. It was a very active day and everyone was very focused and determined when it came to completing the tasks shown in the pictures.
We started with a lot of active demonstrations which required tons of volunteers. We discussed Bernolli’s principle and how moving air actually has lower pressure than stationary air. We talked about the importance of this law when it comes to flying and did several experiments to prove it out, including the floating ping pong ball on the cushion of blow dryer air, the floating globe, the pinching paper, and the paper towel unraveling demo.
Do to potential rain on Friday we jumped right into the traditional tie-dye shirt design and creation so that we can rinse and dry them tomorrow. We are hoping everyone can wear they on Friday our last day of camp to make for a great picture.
Today was the perfect day (cool and sunny) to throw in our giant solar wind bag experiment! We did this in the morning to get the best results. Once the solar bag was filled with cool air we tied it off and let the sun do its work. The air heated and expanded inside the bag making it less dense so that it could rise up through the morning sky. As you can see from the pics it was a huge success. The last we saw the solar bag was flying somewhere over East Bridgewater and quite possibly could still be flying around out there somewhere over Martha’s Vineyard….who knows?
After finishing up our tie-dye signatures we took lunch and watched phased two of The Good Dinosaur. The kids really seem to love this film. Once our food was digested we attacked the critical stage of tie-dye and set the patterns of the design and squirted the dye into the fabric. Tonight the dye will set and we will rinse and dry them first things tomorrow in the predicted 70 degree heat. Nice!
At the conclusion of the day we began to prep our battery making project for tomorrow morning. We cleaned 4-5 pennies with steel wool and then set them to soak in a cleaning solution of vinegar and salt overnight. Tomorrow we will put electrolyte soaked felt pads between the pennies along with a layer of zinc and hopefully be 100% successful in getting the LED lights to glow. Fingers crossed!
Thanks to everyone for allowing the kids to participate in the camp this week. We do hope you are getting some good feedback from them when they go home.
John
We started with a lot of active demonstrations which required tons of volunteers. We discussed Bernolli’s principle and how moving air actually has lower pressure than stationary air. We talked about the importance of this law when it comes to flying and did several experiments to prove it out, including the floating ping pong ball on the cushion of blow dryer air, the floating globe, the pinching paper, and the paper towel unraveling demo.
Do to potential rain on Friday we jumped right into the traditional tie-dye shirt design and creation so that we can rinse and dry them tomorrow. We are hoping everyone can wear they on Friday our last day of camp to make for a great picture.
Today was the perfect day (cool and sunny) to throw in our giant solar wind bag experiment! We did this in the morning to get the best results. Once the solar bag was filled with cool air we tied it off and let the sun do its work. The air heated and expanded inside the bag making it less dense so that it could rise up through the morning sky. As you can see from the pics it was a huge success. The last we saw the solar bag was flying somewhere over East Bridgewater and quite possibly could still be flying around out there somewhere over Martha’s Vineyard….who knows?
After finishing up our tie-dye signatures we took lunch and watched phased two of The Good Dinosaur. The kids really seem to love this film. Once our food was digested we attacked the critical stage of tie-dye and set the patterns of the design and squirted the dye into the fabric. Tonight the dye will set and we will rinse and dry them first things tomorrow in the predicted 70 degree heat. Nice!
At the conclusion of the day we began to prep our battery making project for tomorrow morning. We cleaned 4-5 pennies with steel wool and then set them to soak in a cleaning solution of vinegar and salt overnight. Tomorrow we will put electrolyte soaked felt pads between the pennies along with a layer of zinc and hopefully be 100% successful in getting the LED lights to glow. Fingers crossed!
Thanks to everyone for allowing the kids to participate in the camp this week. We do hope you are getting some good feedback from them when they go home.
John