Alex's Science Pictures

(Photos from Kamloop's Big Little Science Center)

This is me watching and guessing which marble will go the fastest.  I was wrong when I said the straight one because it was the bendy one.  It went faster because it got more speed and it was like Newton's first law.

This is me trying to see which things are attracted to the magnet.  

This is the vacuum tube.  I liked it because when I put the balls in and you shut the door, the air comes in and the balls go so fast through the tubes.  It almost bursts through the plastic!!

Alex's Health

I watched Sid the Science Kid about being healthy.  I learned that to stay healthy I have to exercise, eating healthy foods and brushing my teeth.  You are exercising well when you are sweating and your heart is beating fast.  Whenever I run around the kitchen a lot of times I feel my heart beating fast.  I like running, biking, climbing trees and swimming.  I am best at swimming.
I made a picture of me exercising.

Owls in the Family

Weeps and Wol were my favourite characters in Owls in the Family and I think they were the main characters because the story was about them..  Weeps and Wol are Great Horned owls and when Billy found them they were just chicks.  After Billy had seen them, he kept them in a cage in his front yard but after a long time one of them found out how to get out.  In the book, when one of the boys brought a rattlesnake without teeth or venom to the parade, I thought it was funny because all the people ran away when they saw it.
I would recommend this book because it was funny.

Alex's Water Cycle

This is me showing you my water cycle.  I made it out of Lego and Duplo.  I think it is amazing that the water goes up and then when it gets heavy enough, it rains!  

Alex's Experiments

We made a cloud with shaving cream.  The food colouring was the rain which was coming down from the clouds which we made.  It was fun to watch.

We filtered water from dirty water to clean water.  It as actually clean water!

Physical Changes

If you look at a candle when it melts, it goes through a physical change.  A physical change is when somethings changes but it's the same object.  We did an experiment today and we tried to melt styrofoam but it didn't work.  We tried with bowls that had a plastic surrounding it.  We tried cups, and small pieces but it didn't work still.  We poured nail polish remover over it but it didn't work.  We even poured gasoline but it still wouldn't work.  If we got a different kind of nail polish remover and a different kind of styrofoam I think it would work.

This experiment was also going through a chemical change.  It's when an object changes and can't go back.  When we played with it was warm because the water Mommy used was warm.  We could make all kinds of shapes.  I made the biggest necklace with it.  You could stretch it, make shapes, tear it and then put it back together.  It was fun!

Alex's Worst Day with an Ear Problem

This is me at the hospital getting my ear checked.  It had a terrible problem and I had to have antibiotics but I am almost done the bottle now.

This is me eating a popsicle because I couldn't go to the Santa Parade.  I am watching Race to the Edge and it was a yummy, green popsicle!