This is the blog or log or whatever they are calling it at the moment of my three kids as we chronicle their summer of scientific exploration, robotic construction, and a little bit of danger and mayhem. We did order a book titled Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction after all. Last week, we received a giant box from Makershed.com that contained no less than two extensive chemistry sets (one for ages ten and up, one for ages six and under, so all the bases are covered), two robot kits, two books on building the coolest paper airplanes you've ever seen (more on this later), and an kit for building a rocket that launches at least 200 to 300 feet. We're all a little excited. Well, the kids and I are. The Doctor is a little nervous.
Today started out quietly. We caught an unsuspecting dragonfly in a jar for a while. We stared at him. He stared at us. We stared at him with a magnifying glass. He had no magnifying glass. I'm sure he felt emb-
arrassed that he had left his at home. When we were finished admiring his dragonfly-i-ness, we took him out and released him to the great unknown, also known as our garden.
The only other thing we did today was make a Penny Shooter from the Infamous Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction book. I really wanted to skip straight to the explosive stuff in the last chapter (yes, they actually have exploding things in this book marketed to kids), but my mature and responsible nine year-old told me we had to start at the beginning of the book and work our way back to the fun stuff. I mean the dangerous stuff. Phooey.
These 'experiments' sound hilarious! I'm glad the kids can have fun while learning all these exciting concepts!
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