Bugs and Yeast!

As I mentioned before, we are making our way through the 6 days of creation. We have been on Day 6, and just wrapped up our study of insects. I had been saving egg cartons from months ago thinking that I wanted to make a caterpillar with the kids at some point, and this seemed like the perfect time. We also made a spider even though it is not actually an insect. Check out our bugs! This is the closest you'll ever see N handling bugs. She screams, or rather cries at the sight of them!

Finishing the legs on the caterpillar:


N did a great job painting all by herself!


Caterpillar


Spider


Ladybug


Butterfly


And this science experiment was so cool!


For our section on cells, we did an experiment to see how yeast is a living cell. We mixed warm water, yeast, some sugar into a large soda bottle. We put a balloon on top, and when we placed the bottle in some warm water, the balloon began to blow up! It was so cool! Apparently, as the yeast feeds on the sugar, they release carbon dioxide, thus filling up the balloon. Our directions said to use a 2 liter soda bottle, but I wish we had used a smaller bottle because I think the balloon would have filled up more. Maybe we will do it again.

I didn't use this link, but here is the experiment.