Science Experiment

We did a science experiment that included nail polish remover and styrofoam cups.  The result was supposed to be bubbling and disintegrating.  

First we tried styrofoam bowls and poured our nail polish remover over them but nothing happened.  Our guess was that the bowls were plasticized so the nail polish remover couldn't get inside the bowls.

We tried again with styrofoam cups but it didn't work.  

Next we tried packaging styrofoam but that didn't work either.

We took another piece of packaging styrofoam and tried pouring gasoline over it as the science book had said it might have the same reaction.  But still nothing happened.

Our guess is that the nail polish remover didn't work is because it wasn't pure acetone.  My guess is that we need pure styrofoam with no plastic coating.

I would like to try this experiment again with non plasticized styrofoam and pure acetone.  My hypothesis is that the experiment would work better and it would bubble and disintegrate.

I think it would be fun to be a scientist who does experiments like this all the time but I also think it would be annoying because I would have to test the hypothesis, then try it out with different materials until finally getting the experiment right.

Joy in Prison.

I recently visited a website about Christian Martyrs.  Click here to go to the website.

One of the stories I want to share is about a woman named Cheng Jie. She was a mother, a former kindergarten teacher, and a pastor's wife. She had expected for her husband to be arrested. Instead of her husband, she was arrested and spent two years in a labor camp. Her sentenced ended in February and she was released.  That story made me think about the verse that says, "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."  Romans 8:28  because the unexpected happened, but it all worked out. This story made me feel confused because the pastor's wife got arrested not the pastor.

 This is a good website for learning about the recent Christian Martyrs.

Composition workshop

On Saturday I went to a composition workshop with the composer Anita Perry.  We learned what makes music, and what music is.  We also got to compose music for a story.  There were six girls in our session.  My group did Rapunzel and we had to think of music to go with the story to make the mood.  I got to play victorious music and scary music.  The best part was learning to set the mood with music and how to make music that goes with people's personalities.  I think that this was an interesting workshop about composition.

Science

Yesterday we did a science experiment on atoms.  We used skittles for the neutrons and protons and we cut skittles in fourths for the electrons.  We learned that to make H2O (aka water) we needed two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.  We also learned that different atoms have different amounts of electrons.  The most electrons an atom can have in the first layer is 2 and in the next layer 8 and so on.  The more the electrons, the more layers it has.  Sometimes an atom with more electrons and an atom with less electrons join together so they share the outer layer electrons.

I wonder what would happen if five atoms joined together.  I wonder if it is possible and I wonder what kind of material it would make.  If I find the answer I will come back and write it.