We decided to do a Brownie Try It today, as Ballet seems to throw the regular routine off... and she had done all her work for today - yesterday. So why not. We chose the Water Everywhere Try it.
We found several foods and non-food items that are made with water, including, bread, ketchup, toothpaste, mouthwash and a few other things.
We turned a tap on to a regular drip - because none of our faucets drip (we fix them asap! LOL!) And we timed how long it took for a cup to fill with water. After 5 minutes we had 8 ozs of water. From that we did the math and discovered that if we left that tap running like that for an entire day, we would waste 18 GALLONS of water in one. We drew a comparison between the 8 Gallons in our Frog Tank, and how much water we (mummy) drinks in 1 day. The wasted water was astounding.
M has never washed dishes (call her spoilt!) But I explained to her at various points we have hand washed dishes and ran the water, verses filling the sink with water and washing that way. I will have her wash our hand wash only cups over a basin with the water running to see if it is more feasible to fill the basin or wash with running water. She has also announced that she will take only 5 minute showers, fill the tub only half way on the days she is having a tubby, and we will use the frog tank water to water the plants and garden.
She has also announced that she wants to do a water snooper, but we'll have to wait until we can go somewhere where we get some pond water... Probably the weekend.
She was also curious to see the water layers experiment. Which involved filling a cup with warm salty water, and adding cold water on top. You should see distinct layers. Doing the same in reverese, you pour plain cold water first, then add the salted water does the same thing happen. The results fascinated her... So though we have technically done the whole try it - she wants to wait til we can do the water snooper before she says she is done.
It was a fun way to spend a morning doing science-y school related work but with no pressure!
(will try and get pics of our water layers up in a bit.)
