Monday Fun Fact Feb 27

 

Colorful Carnations

Here is a fun experiment to try with food coloring and white flowers.  The purpose of the experiment is to demonstrate "transpiration".  

Transpiration is the process through which water is pulled from the root of a plant to the stems and leaves and released into the air through tiny holes in the leaves.

When the water is released, the food coloring stays behind on the petals.

How to change flower colors

Monday Fun Fact Feb 20

 

Skipping Stones

image from Physics World

Well, we have all tried skipping stones!  Like flying a kite and riding a bike, once you learn the basics, you can usually do it.  However, it does take practice, practice, practice!  Warm weather or cold weather, if the water you trying to skip a stone on is liquid, you can try it. Kurt Steinert holds the world record for skipping a rock 88 times!  Start by finding a smooth round pebble. 

Here is a link to advice on how to skip a stone:

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-to-skip-stones-animation

Monday Fun Fact Feb 13

 

Lotería!

image from Google

Loteria is a traditional board game of chance.  It is similar to bingo, but instead of numbered ping pong balls, Loteria uses cards with images.  The player watches the card being dealt and then checks to see if the same image is one of the images on the player's gamecard.  If it is, the player gets to cover the image on the gamecard with a button or bean or token.

Loteria was originally developed in Italy and then moved to Spain and then to Mexico in the late 1760s.

Would you like to try a game?  Click on this link to play:

Loteria

Monday Fun Fact Feb 6

 

 Ramses II

King Ramses II was the third pharaoh of Egypt, and he was considered one of the most powerful of Egypt's kings.

King Ramses II was a strong military leader, and he expanded the Egyptian empire and had many temples and statues constructed.

image from World History Encyclopedia

The Abu Simbel temple, shown below, was discovered in 1813.  The temple has a unique feature:  on King Ramses II birthday, the sun shines down the passage directly onto the face of the statue of Ramses II.

image from Egypt Independent

image from Egypt Independent