Comments on: Oooooh! Sparkly! http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/ Not all who wander are lost Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: lapazfarm http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9309 lapazfarm Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:21:15 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9309 Sweet! Thanks, Carrie! I love this idea!!!I bet Superboy will, too! Sweet! Thanks, Carrie! I love this idea!!!I bet Superboy will, too!

]]> By: Carrie http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9308 Carrie Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:08:22 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9308 That was awesome. We had so much fun with it this morning. Thank you. In the spirit of sharing here is a cool project that fits right in- using dragon down to create bottled heat. Simple steps are: 1. Place a fist sized wad of dragon down in a cauldron with a lid. Add a thermometer. Close lid tightly. Wait 5 minutes. Note the temperature. 2. Soak the dragon down in phoenix tears ( vinegar) for 2 minutes. 3. Wringe out any excess phoenix tears from the dragon down. 4. Place the phoenix tears infused dragon down inside the cauldron with the thermometer. Close lid tightly. Wait another 5 minutes. Note the temperature. 5. Note the temperature after 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes. What should happen is- the vinegar removes the protective coating of the steel wool. The iron rusts. Rusting is an exothermic reaction, which means it gives off heat energy. Before we read your post we had been experimentiong with making batteries out of a stack of quarters, and an electro-magnet out of a 9-volt battery, copper wire and a nail. Our first attempts were only minorly successful. So we sent dad to the store for better supplies and were going to try again. Now I am inspried to try to come up with some more magical terms to rewrite these experiments. Obviously we were missing some magic words! Thanks for a great blog. That was awesome. We had so much fun with it this morning. Thank you.

In the spirit of sharing here is a cool project that fits right in- using dragon down to create bottled heat.
Simple steps are:
1. Place a fist sized wad of dragon down in a cauldron with a lid. Add a thermometer. Close lid tightly. Wait 5 minutes. Note the temperature.
2. Soak the dragon down in phoenix tears ( vinegar) for 2 minutes.
3. Wringe out any excess phoenix tears from the dragon down.
4. Place the phoenix tears infused dragon down inside the cauldron with the thermometer. Close lid tightly. Wait another 5 minutes. Note the temperature.
5. Note the temperature after 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes.

What should happen is- the vinegar removes the protective coating of the steel wool. The iron rusts. Rusting is an exothermic reaction, which means it gives off heat energy.

Before we read your post we had been experimentiong with making batteries out of a stack of quarters, and an electro-magnet out of a 9-volt battery, copper wire and a nail. Our first attempts were only minorly successful. So we sent dad to the store for better supplies and were going to try again. Now I am inspried to try to come up with some more magical terms to rewrite these experiments. Obviously we were missing some magic words!

Thanks for a great blog.

]]> By: Should I or Shouldn’t I? « Muddy Boots http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9305 Should I or Shouldn’t I? « Muddy Boots Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:44:56 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9305 [...] by muddyboots I bought a 9-volt battery on our way home from church today, thinking we could try this experiment from La Paz Home Learning.   (She’s designed a unit study based on the Harry Potter books, [...] [...] by muddyboots I bought a 9-volt battery on our way home from church today, thinking we could try this experiment from La Paz Home Learning.   (She’s designed a unit study based on the Harry Potter books, [...]

]]> By: Dana http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9283 Dana Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:00:26 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9283 Very cool!!! (or hot!) Very cool!!! (or hot!)

]]> By: Rhonda http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9282 Rhonda Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:37:49 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9282 That was amazing! My girls would love that. We will definitely have to try it. I loved the way JBug was giggling in the background. So cute! That was amazing! My girls would love that. We will definitely have to try it. I loved the way JBug was giggling in the background. So cute!

]]> By: Sherri http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9273 Sherri Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:44:36 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9273 How fun! My kids would Love it!! Okay, I would too :)! How fun! My kids would Love it!! Okay, I would too :) !

]]> By: Beth http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9268 Beth Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:01:53 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9268 This we must do. Too cool! This we must do. Too cool!

]]> By: Maryan http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9261 Maryan Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:07:51 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9261 Simple and impressive indeed! How fun! Simple and impressive indeed! How fun!

]]> By: lapazfarm http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9259 lapazfarm Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:05:27 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9259 All of the Hogwarts stuff is on the page titled "A Term at Hogwarts" (see tab at top and link on sidebar). But, for all you muggles out there who may not have access to good dragon down, steel wool will do the trick. Just touch the terminal end of a 9 volt battery to it and watch it go! Simple and impressive! All of the Hogwarts stuff is on the page titled “A Term at Hogwarts” (see tab at top and link on sidebar). But, for all you muggles out there who may not have access to good dragon down, steel wool will do the trick. Just touch the terminal end of a 9 volt battery to it and watch it go! Simple and impressive!

]]> By: Angela, MotherCrone http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/comment-page-1/#comment-9258 Angela, MotherCrone Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:14:06 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2007/09/27/oooooh-sparkly/#comment-9258 OH! Please do...I have some Hogwarts distance learners that would love this! OH! Please do…I have some Hogwarts distance learners that would love this!

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