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Febuary is here. It’s still summertime, yet for many, thoughts are turning to “school” topics.
Sometimes, the media makes “school time” come too soon, with images of school buildings opening their doors in the sweltering heat.
Sometimes, the stores place their “Back to School” items right inside their front doors, tempting families to purchase “school supplies.”
Sometimes, the school bus comes rolling up the street, turning our thoughts toward “school” matters.
But, as homeschoolers, we know that education takes place every day, every month, regardless of whether it’s August or September, January or June.
Sigh a big sigh of relief as the school bus rolls on by!
Thankfully, we don’t need a school bus, we don’t need “school supplies,” we don’t need a school building!
Today’s Activity: Turn back to your children and embrace them and the summer!
Have a picnic in the park, take a nature walk, name the different trees you see!
Skip stones on a stream, discuss the erosion of stones and soil, count the minnows in the water, gauge the water temperature with your toes!
Name the cloud types in the sky, forecast the weather for the next 24 hours, measure the distance from the park to home!
Read a wonderful book together by a new or favorite author! Write a story about your fun day at the park!

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Each of the kids made a prediction about what would happen when we put one straw in the cup, one straw out of the cup and then tried to suck the water up through the straw. Would the water come up through the straw faster, make bubbles, go up one and down the other, or do nothing at all?

Each of the kids took turns and had a very hard time getting any water to travel up the straw, but they were determined to try!
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The Nutshell Reason…

Air moves from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure. When you suck on a straw in a glass of water, the air pressure in your mouth decreases and the water is forced up through the straw {from an area of higher pressure to the lower pressure}.

With two straws, one not being inside the glass, air travels up the second straw into your mouth and the pressure inside your mouth is about equal to the pressure outside…and the water won’t travel up the straw.

After the Experiment…

We had to keep trying! The kids all took turns trying to get the water up the straw. Many giggles and much fun from something super simple!