Week two of Weather Camp started off great! We spent the day learning more about thunder and lightning. Take a look!...
At the this center they explored magnets and the question: How are magnets and lightning alike? Answer: Lighting happens when a opposites attract...a positive and negative ions are attract to one another. Magnets also use this principle.
At the art center they enjoyed making clay robots with lightning rods (aka paper clips). We used our robots for an experiment during project work.
Annelyse is working hard at the writing center. She chose a stormy picture to write about.
During project work the kids rotated through 4 static electricity experiments. At this center they are rubbing plastic combs with wool and then using the charged combs to pick-up puffed rice.
This center is similar to the last one except they are are rubbing plastic utensils and picking up ground pepper.
McKenna and Megan are vigorously rubbing their balloons to create static. They then touched to the balloon to their clay robots to try and hear a small spark. This center was the hardest to do.
The final center involved more balloon rubbing. They tried to generate sparks between two balloons. Mostly, they just stuck together.
At the this center they explored magnets and the question: How are magnets and lightning alike? Answer: Lighting happens when a opposites attract...a positive and negative ions are attract to one another. Magnets also use this principle.
At the art center they enjoyed making clay robots with lightning rods (aka paper clips). We used our robots for an experiment during project work.
Annelyse is working hard at the writing center. She chose a stormy picture to write about.
During project work the kids rotated through 4 static electricity experiments. At this center they are rubbing plastic combs with wool and then using the charged combs to pick-up puffed rice.
This center is similar to the last one except they are are rubbing plastic utensils and picking up ground pepper.
McKenna and Megan are vigorously rubbing their balloons to create static. They then touched to the balloon to their clay robots to try and hear a small spark. This center was the hardest to do. 
The final center involved more balloon rubbing. They tried to generate sparks between two balloons. Mostly, they just stuck together.