Sharing statistics about Iceland, the UK, and the USA for the Jr. High reading group. In Mr. Nichols group the students ask each other questions about "The Westing Game."
This afternoon we made Ukrainian-style eggs. First you apply wax to an egg, then dye, wax again where you would like the dye to remain, dye again, wax again, etc. You finish the eggs by blowing out the insides, removing the wax and polyurethaning.
Experimenting with helium balloons--which direction do the balloons go when the bus accelerates or decelerates?, weighing helium, and vibrating sand to have ping pong balls rise to the surface.