Tuesday, December 5th

Water Testing, Clay and Holiday Messages

We continued water testing today, but this time paying attention to the change in pH in each sample. pH (we've learned) is a measure of acidity in the water. We tested things like coffee, vinegar and orange juice to compare acidity levels in our water with. 
Jill: What do you think the color change means?
Max: The dark colors were the bad ones.
Jay: Because they're magic. 
Cassius: (w/ waterfront water) It's 6.0. That matches the closest. 
(Ducks prefer water with a pH of 6.0 to 6.8 and can tolerate a pH range of 4-8) - looks like our waterfront ducks are in good shape! 

We also continued work with our "clay tracings". Children rolled coils and traced the shapes they saw from our easel/light table drawings created last week.

Friends also worked on holiday messages for Gini, Victor, Lucilla, Theresa and Aletha.