Manny and the Oobleck
Tonight the kids and I made oobleck to play with at the table since it was kind of icky outside. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. If you want to know what that means follow the link. As impressive as it sounds all you do is mix corn starch with water. I think I did about a 1:1 ratio. In all honesty, though, I dumped a bunch of corn starch in a bowl and added water until I got thie semi-fluid stuff. The kids loved it. It runs through your fingers like a liquid but if you hit it, the oobleck becomes more solid. It was cool.
Now onto Manny. Manny is our pet praying mantis. Yes, we now have a pet. While we were playing with the oobleck, I noticed something on our window screen. Andrew said it was a praying mantis and immediately set out to catch it. He caught it and now it is in a jar sitting on our counter. Beka was especially excited. Both kids found some grass for it. Jared went out for sticks for Manny to climb on. Everyone went out to look for bugs for Manny to eat. This should be very interesting to see if Manny lives very long at all.
Edit: We let Manny go September 21. Beka thought he looked homesick.
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