Gak

E is for Experiment!

Gak

1 lb. box of cornstarch
1 & 1/2 cups water

Mix all the constarch and water together in a bowl.  If the mixture is really thick, add some more water.  The mixture should be slightly runny.

Here is waht is really cool about Gak.  When you poke the gak quicky, putting pressure on it, the Gak particles lock together and it acts like a solid.  But when you poke at it slowly, this doesn't happen and the Gak still acts like a liquid.

Air Popped Popcorn in a Paper bag

Popcorn is a food group at our house. My kids eat it every day. We like air popped popcorn with fresh melted butter and sea salt! YUMMY! We have an old fashioned air popper that is older than dirt, but it's well loved. I saw this idea on a blog somewhere a while ago, and I can't remember where, but she did an experiment with her kids to see if popcorn would pop in a brown paper bag.

It does! My kids were so excited that it worked.

All we did was add 1/4 cup kernels into a brown paper bag. We folded the top over a few times and then tossed it in the microwave. We just hit the popcorn setting and we ended up with a bag full of yummy popcorn. There was only a few kernels that didn't pop. Give it a try, your kids will think it's a lot of fun! Microwave popcorn without the added preservatives and yucky stuff!

Diet Coke + Mento's + FUN

I had never seen this done! Apparently, it's been around for a long time, but if your like me and have never seen it, it's pretty cool!

Open up a bottle of diet coke, and quickly add 1 pkg. of Mento's candy's and you get...........

A Diet Coke volcano!

Pretty awesome, huh?