The bouncy naked egg experiment

With Easter right around the corner, Jack wanted to do the bouncy ,  naked egg experiment. We put an egg in a mason jar of water and we put another  egg in a mason jar of white vinegar.  We didn't  have a complete  mason jar , we had the jars with the hole at  the top for a straw. I didn't want the whole  house  to smell like vinegar so I put saran wrap on the jar before I put the lid on. We used brown eggs because that is all we had . Immediately  you could see the egg in the vinegar was bubbling causing a reaction and their was some brown residue at the top of the jar from the brown shell.

After 24 hours , the egg in water was slightly  cracked and little of the egg white  was floating  in the jar.  I took the egg out of the vinegar and rinsed it gently under water and rinsed out the jar and replaced it with fresh vinegar,  then I placed the egg back in the jar. You could tell it was already rubbery but still had a little shell left on it. Then  I  soaked them for another  24 hours.

On the third day we took the egg out and observed them.  The egg in water was like a normal egg. The bit  of egg white that leaked  out had the consistency  of jelly.
The vinegar egg was awesome , it had swollen in size , was rubbery , see through and bouncy (up to about 6 inches).  When it finally did break and you could feel the rubbery membrane, it felt like a balloon.
While we were patiently  waiting on eggsperiment , we had a park day  with some friends  and had a family dinner with Jack's  cousins  over.

The Science Behind it:

The shell of the the egg is made of calcium  carbonate. When you place an egg into vinegar,  it starts to bubble , which is the chemical  reaction of the acid in the vinegar reacting with with the calcium carbonate  producing carbon dioxide.  You'll  also notice  that the egg gets larger as it sits in the vinegar. That is because some  of the vinegar is absorbed in the egg through  its semi-permeable membrane. Jack said the egg smelled like vinegar when it broke too.

Electricity and basketball

It has been raining so much lately that we made a rain gauge and have been measuring the rainfall. We did a static electricity experiment  with a balloon and went to a cool basketball party at the library.  I try to get him out and socialized as much as possible. These two other children  that were  at the library  were so well mannered and they all three played so well together. Jack dislikes art with a passion but when  the other two went to the art table Jack got creative too. I absolutely  love this library  branch and all the amazing programs  they offer. 
They made basketball  cookies with ores and candy coating . They played basketball  with makeshift hoops and had several art activities.  They made a picture  by dipping  a basketball  in paint and them put the ball pattern on the paper. He didn't  want to get paint on his hand so I did my handprint on the basketball then Jack colored a basketball and drew a disco  picture on the back.

Out and About

We did an experiment  called the color  disappearing  experiment.  I can't  find my afyer picture just the before. Use food coloring  and color water then add small amounts of bleach  and watch the color disappear. 
The weather is finally getting a little warmer  and the sun is trying  to make an appearance . We went on several walks and started  practicing  baseball  this week. Maya was excited.  

Then we went to an amazing  Irish Dance  show  called Rhythm  In The Night.  Everyone loved it. I got tickets for my Mom and Stepdad for an early mother's  and father's  day gift. I got a ticket for my soon to be sister in law  for an early birthday present. The older I get the less stuff I want. I rather  go places and do things with people. 

Craft time

I had the chance to make a few cards last week. They were just quick and simple cards , but it felt good to get in my craft room and make something. The first one was for a co-worker  turning 60  and the  next card was for my friend's  birthday. Plus  I cut up a photo calendar  my Mom made for me so I could use the pictures to Smashbook with but that is as far as I got. At least next time I want to craft , I  will photos ready.

Snowed In

Well I did not plan on being off for a week or 10 inches  of snow  one day and 3 inches the next with  it turning to ice on the 3rd day.  I had to keep Jack on task as far as school is concerned plus keeping up with  the cooking and cleaning , the dog  and playing  in the snow. Let's  just say I am exhausted and so ready to get back to work. We have had fun though. We have played , measured the volume  of water  in snow , the salt and ice cube string experiment, made snow cream , made snow  art (with water , food coloring  and squirting guns ), caught snowflakes on dark paper and examined them with the magnifying  glass ,boiled water and threw  it in 1 degree weather and watched as it turned to ice. 

Happy Heart Day!

Valentine's  day homeschool party  was awesome.  In between lessons we did, a valentine word scramble, a love word maze ,  cool candy  science  experiments ,  a conversation  heart sling shot  ,  Q tip  blow dart game and puzzles. Then we baked a valentine heart cake  and made cherry sprite drinks. Normally Jack gets a 20 minute video game break after each  of the 3 two hour sections ,but today he had fun valentine activities  for breaks and he did not complain  once about missing his electronic devices . It was a successful  day. Then we all exchanged valentine's.  Jack draw me a beautiful  robot picture and gave Jason some caramel  popcorn.  I got Jason a massage gift certificate. I got candy , flowers, a new camping  lantern  and a sweet letter from Jason. He has always been great at sweet letters. 

Neighborhood gross out

It is a beautiful 60 degrees and sunny compared  to the below 30's and windy that it has been. We adopted our wonderful  dog Maya 2 years  ago (they thought she was 2 already) so we celebrated her 4th birthday today. She had her shots this morning. To make up for the shots she received  bacon , a new bone  and a new ball oh my.  We played outside  with  the new ball for a while then we went on a 1 mile walk  through  the neighborhood . I was a little disturbed  by what I saw.  On our walk we found  2 pairs of used and dirty underwear , a pair of socks ,  a shirt , a pair of pants and several empty beer cans and Gatorade  bottles.  I was a little  scared and kept expecting to see naked and intoxicated  people  running  around , but it never happened. Lol. I bet there is a wild story there.