Mr Roboto Science Adventures

  Today marks the halfway point of our 4-H Cloverbud Day camp and it was a much anticipated day for our campers.  We started our day like we do with all of them.  We do a little coloring and then its time to review what we learned the day before.  Our campers have had fun with their Candy Village city and earning Peyton Bucks that they will spend at the end of the week.  After reviewing the day before we talked about our schedule for today and then hit the ground running by tackling our first experiment of the day.
 

Did you know it is possible to make a rainbow in a jar?  Well our cloverbuds did it.  It was actually a lesson in liquid density.  We started with our homemade lava lamp that was made with cooking oil and water that has red food dye in it.  Since the water and oil don't ever really mix it didn't matter how hard we shook it up it all started separating.  Understanding that concept was pretty easy so we did it again in a little more complex method.  Using a variety of liquids ranging from Kayro Syrup to Rubbing Alcohol we were able to layer the liquids to create a rainbow.  We even learned about Roy G. Biv so we would always know the colors of the rainbow.

After all that hard work it was time for a quick break for a snack.
 Then we broke into two groups.  Once group worked with Ms Wendy and our robotics while the other group worked with Miss Shea Ann putting together Lego creations.  One thing we all learned from the adventure is that we should at least try everything in front of us because we might find out things are better than we think or at least not as hard as we think it will be.

We got a chance to play our favorite game, the freeze game then it was time for lunch.  Mrs. Margaret and Ms. Danielle made us chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese.  We also had celery sticks as a side.  After lunch we continued our scientific fun.  We had the opportunity to learn about plant science by making our very own plant person.  By recycling a knee high we were able to create our own people that will grow green hair.  We gave them facial features and they will be awesome when we take them home and get them their own water to grow tall green hair.

 

Before we knew it it was time for Mrs. T and our EFNEP lesson.  Today we learned where our vegetables come from and all about trying new things.  She played a my plate game with us then we made an awesome snack.  Using grapes, pineapple, and strawberries we made our own fruit kabobs.  Using a marshmallow as a stopper we made awesome and healthy creations, then devoured them faster then we made them.

  After our stomachs were full it was time to head home and plan for tomorrow.  We can't wait to starting cooking up a new adventure.