Having Fun with Science

We really like our Apologia science! Ivy likes "Exploring Creation with Botany." Today she learned about non-vascular plants. We found a patch of moss in the yard that she looked at with her magnifying glass.

Jaden had to investigate too! He likes to do whatever his older siblings are doing.

We brought some pieces of the moss inside as well as some of the white fungi to look at under the microscope. Our kids were given one of those microscopes you plug into your TV and it is fantastic! The detail is very, very good and we love all seeing it on a big screen. We highly recommend it! We could see tiny "leaves" and stems in the moss, but they aren't really leaves - we learned that moss has no tubes carrying water. Instead it is like a sponge, soaking up water to all its parts.

Joel did another experiment today in his Apologia General Science. He boiled some red cabbage leaves and added vinegar to the empty bottle. Then filled a balloon with baking soda and attached it to the neck of the bottle and the balloon filled up. Also the cabbage water changed colors from blue to pink to purple. Pretty cool!