Kenna worked very hard on her science fair project. She was a little dissappointed that she didn't win an award, but I think the experience was its own reward. I have been guilty of not really teaching her much in the kitchen (you know, you get so busy and it's just easier to do things yourself than take time to teach someone else). The question of her project was "What will happen to the diameter and thickness of sugar cookies if you leave the baking powder out?" Since the scientific method requires three trials, we made three control batches and three test batches. I helped some on the first batch, but by batch 6, she was doing all the measuring, mixing, rolling and cutting on her own! I'm very proud of her!Camden's class had a great time on their field trip. Although I've been to Elm Fork with the other two more times than I want to think about (it's a close, inexpensive field trip, so the kids go almost every year), I'm still glad I got to go with Camden yesterday. It was neat to see all those eager five and six year old scientists. Here's Camden with his journal, ready to learn:
Digging for "fossils":
With some of his classmates:
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