It's A Gas!

We did a little experiment recently with dry ice.   By the end of it, the girls could explain to us the process of sublimation and they knew a little more about solid carbon dioxide.  Mr. M majored in Chemistry in undergrad, so this was ALL KINDS of fun for him.  Haha.

Mostly, though, the girls just had a blast checking out the dry ice and watching it sublimate. ;-)





You can see that Paprika was a little apprehensive at first, while Ginger was a little more adventurous:





I was all:  Don't Touch That!  And Mr. M was like: They're fine!





We got this dry ice from a place near us that only sells it in 15 pound blocks or higher - so we had a big cooler full of it.  We had fun for days...

I remember when I was little, my dad brought home dry ice once, too (he was a scientist before he became a pastor).  It was so fun play with dry ice back when I was a kid - some things never change!





You can see that Paprika eventually got more comfortable around it:




And then she used it to chase me around the house!




See?! 




Baby Violet loved her little science lesson.  I don't think she quite knew what to think at first...



But, of course, she HAD to inspect it...




And then she loved it!




The End!