We found that just over 1 litre of snow melted down to 250ml of water.
The girls also enjoyed watching the You Tube videos on making and observing snowflakes. We did manage to catch some snowflakes on a black background for a closer look, although our magnifying glass is more of a toy than a useful piece of scientific equipment. Still, we talked about how every snowflake is different from all the rest - mind boggling when you think about it!
Here are our paper snowflakes:
Our window sill garden started sprouting, which the girls were very excited about. The carrot top didn't grow many leaves but we could see some roots dangling down in the water. The swede grew lots of nice leaves, but they withered because I forgot to keep the water topped up at the right level (oops). We had to throw away the carrot for the same reason :-) But the beetroot top is still going strong, as are the basil and kale seeds we planted:
Sophie also wanted to plant an avocado stone, which we also have suspended in water with toothpicks, so we'll see how that turns out.
The children are getting better at playing out in the snow now (they don't like having to put all their winter gear on each time they go out of the house, but they don't like being cold either!) We've made a snowman and a snow bear, have been using the sledge to get about round our village, and have some fantastic icicles hanging off our roof:
Look at those icicles! It is cold there. I am really glad that you got to do some of the snow activities before it is all gone.
ReplyDeleteI really like your window sill garden...we have done that in the past and it is a great way to do some nature study indoors.
Thanks for sharing your link with the OHC.