Science Sunday::Recycle

Years ago, I subscribed to these kits from the Young Scientist Club. As sometimes happens (at least around here) they were shelved and quickly forgotten. When I first saw this "Science Sunday" link up, I thought this might a be a good reason to dust off those kits and join in! I love it when when I stumble across some bloggy inspiration.

Science Kit 1

Purpose: to learn about the importance of recycling by making a mini-composter and by making different kinds of paper from old paper to use as labels on recycling bins.

Mini-composter:
  Fill a container large enough to old the two peat moss pellets (included in kit)
1/4 C full of water (we actually switched to two smaller containers).

 Once peat moss has enlarged, put a small piece of apple in the middle of one
peat moss pellets making sure that is completely covered with the peat moss.
Put a small piece of plastic bag in the second pellet also covering it completely.

 Water the top of both peat moss pellets.

 After a week, recover the remains of your apple and plastic.

The plastic is still intact, but the apple is down to just a few bits of skin.

Celsius the Science Bug (he is sort of the scientist club mascot) made some
inquiries of the the young scientists:

Recycling is:
Mark and James- putting things in the recycle bin so that they will get used again to make other things.
                                                                            
Recyclable materials are:
      Mark and James- water bottles, cans, plastic, jugs, metal
                                                                                                                           
What do you think will happen this during this week?
Mark and James- We think the plastic will not disintegrate and the apple probably will.


Part 2- making recycled paper coming soon!
                                                                                                             
I am linking to Sunday Science:

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About the Young Scientist Club kits from the website:
Our program is designed for children between the ages of 5 and 12 whose parents want to give their children an edge in their future education by introducing them to the sciences in a fun and truly educational manner. Parents with little or no science background will find the kits as easy to use as parents with advanced science degrees. Parents are also given the option of starting at a different kit other than Kit 1 if it fits their needs better (see Kit Topics for more details).

Comments

  1. TiciaApril 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Okay, that is way cool. I wonder what in that kit made it work like that. My attempts at composting just ended with me having rotting food in my backyard.......

    Thanks for linking up!

    Oh, and I'm the same way with kits I get. I often don't remember to use them.

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  2. PhyllisApril 6, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    I have heard good things about those kits! That looked like a lot of fun!

    ReplyDelete

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