It has been too stinking hot for much of anything lately, except oddball science demonstrations.
Seems like science has been revolving around food lately. First the delicious Oreo phases of the Moon, and then ....
Seems like science has been revolving around food lately. First the delicious Oreo phases of the Moon, and then ....
The Mentos and Coke Geyser! An oldie, but a goodie, and always a crowd pleaser! Nucleation is the key!
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| The Drama! The Peril! |
And today Will decided to fashion a pizza box solar oven and we made s'mores.
I'm meeeeeellting!
We had a thermometer inside the box and it got a wee bit hot in there!
The temperature outside at the time was only 86° F, but with relative humidity at 70%, it gave us a heat index* of 95° F.
It was so humid that it was unbearable to stay out and watch our s'mores cook for very long, and by the time they were nice and melty, no one was very interested in actually eating their sweet, gooey, campfire treats! Not surprising.
It was so humid that it was unbearable to stay out and watch our s'mores cook for very long, and by the time they were nice and melty, no one was very interested in actually eating their sweet, gooey, campfire treats! Not surprising.
Temperatures are predicted to start dropping again at the end of the week, but I wish I would have thought of frying an egg on the pavement while it was super hot. Oh well. We'll just have to save that food science for another (miserable) day!
* A quantity expressing the discomfort felt as a result of the combined effects of the temperature and humidity of the air.
1 comment:
Wow, you guys have a lot of great things going on! I love the Sculpture Park, and have been meaning to do the Oreo cookie thing for ages. We too love the coke and mentos projects, and building a solar oven looks like a great idea!
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