One week ago from today, I started the marathon to end the first book of my adventure. I was not sure if I was going to make the deadline or if I was going to stay awake for the next experiment. But with a little bit of coffee, I made it through. It was a week of constant fun and learning. In fact the whole book was an adventure of learning new things I never thought about.
Top Five Favorite Experiments:
5: Egg Drop — I do not know why this one was so thrilling for me. I have seen it done on one of Mr. Spangler’s videos. I have even seen him do it right in front of me at a conference! But there was something about me doing it myself and accomplishing it myself that was so enthralling! It is also one of those experiments where you look at it and say, “What a mess.” And to prove yourself wrong…. too cool.
4: Floating Bubble—This one I knew was possible, but to see it with my own eyes…… priceless.
3: Diet Coke and Mentos Geyser—This experiment I could do all day! The explosion resulting in this scientific duo will never get old.
2: Burning Money—As I have said, I was waiting to do this since we began the book. To burn money but not burn it, who wouldn’t love doing this?
1: Smoke Rings—This one was way back in the beginning of the book, but I remember the thrill of making my very own smoke rings! It was one that was vey unusual and that is partly why it was so much fun!
My Three Favorite Chapters:
3: The Power of Air—This one was the very first chapter in our journey. It held the easy experiments and the hard experiment. But I did learn a whole lot.
2: Gooey Wonders—It was most defiantly the messiest chapter but who cares about getting messy? I LOVED making and discovering different sorts of goo! I have always enjoyed getting messy with gooey things. I was playing with my glacier gak last night and it was too much fun!
1: Dry Ice—This one was my favorite chapter probably because I had never before had the chance to “play” with dry ice. Through all of those mini experiments, I learned so much more than I would have thought.
The Hardest Experiment:
Flying Potatoes was by far the hardest experiment. If you recall, it took me a couple of weeks to get the result I wanted. But in the end, all was accomplished.
The Experiment I Learned the Most:
Flying Potatoes was by far the experiment where I learned the most. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. You learn more when things go wrong. Why? Well, you want it to work right? So, you try to figure out why it is not working and figure out how to fix it. By doing that problem solving, you learn so much more than if the experiment went right the first time. I am glad it didn’t go right the first time, because then I wouldn’t have the knowledge I have now. So hear me, my friend, when I say that when an experiment goes wrong, the worst thing you can do is give up.
The Experiment That Made Me Laugh the Most
Screaming Balloon made us all laugh pretty hard (especially my mom). But it wasn’t when I did the experiment right, necessarily. It was when (in the first video) I did not hold onto the balloon tight enough and I went chasing after the balloon all over the kitchen! It took us a few minutes to regain our “non-laughing” selves to retake the video.
The Coolest Looking Experiment
That one is most defiantly the soap soufflé experiment. The most gorgeous looking bar of soap in America!!
The Experiment That Wowed Me The Most
This one was a tough one because there were SO many experiments that blew my mind. But the egg drop was the one that made me go “WOW”! I guess it was mostly that the magic trick-like experiment was made possible by a normal person like me.
Now that we have looked back and relived the exploration that we went through, it is time to move on to the next book, “Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste” (OOooo! I am SOO excited). After ending a full week of experiments galore, I am going through experiment withdrawals!! I am ready to dig into the next book. For this next book, I will add something. At the end of each experiment, I am going to give the experiment a WOW-rating. On a scale from 1-10, I will rate the experiment on how much it WOWed me. 1 being a “Fun to do just once”, 5 being a “Let’s do it again!”, and a 10 being a “Knock your socks off!!”.
I hope you have enjoyed “Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes” as much as I have. I also hope you will stay with me for the adventure of “Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste”.
