Lightning and Rainbows...

So our latest foray into science involved some experiments from a weather kit I picked up recently from a wholesale book store for $10.

We decided to make a rainbow using water,mirrors, and a flashlight, and to try our hand at simulating lightning by generating a spark.

Unfortunately, we picked a day of high humidity and couldn't build up enough charge to get a spark to jump, but we did get our rainbows! (the flash negated our ability to show you our results.)

The kit itself has been quite interesting, and has lots of great resources including a weather journal and charts. The girls have enjoyed building the weather vane multiple times, and I am impressed with the book and the ease of the experiments to be handled (almost) independently.

Next on our list is tornado's, and we have been chatting about them quite a bit especially on the mornings I drive to work and we pass the spot where a tornado touched down a few years ago. It's amazing how visible the path remains!

Aislinn also took a few minutes to explore the thermometers and was intrigued by how quickly she could get the temperature to jump up and down.
Someone remind me to get that on the list too, please!