Science Time

One of the last things Grandad did with Ella before he left was an experiment from her '50 Science things to make and do' cards - Hanging Crystals. Seemed like an easy experiment - fill two glasses up with hot water (choosing two different colours), pour heaps of bicarb soda in, place a string from one glass to another then leave it for a week and watch the crystals grow.

So Grandad flew out, Ella waited and watched...

Day 1


Day 3

Day 4

Finally Day 6!

A simple fun experiment unfortunately I hadn't noticed that sometime after Day 4, the crystal formation on the top lip of the blue glass prevented the water from dripping down onto the plate. It was instead dribbling down the side of the glass, pooling onto the benchtop. On closer inspection, the blue food colouring soaked into our relatively newly sanded polished timber benchtop leaving a not so nice mark (see below) - doh!