Comments on: Gross! http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/ A Cozy Corner of the Internet for Waldorf-Inspired Homeschoolers Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Risa http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Risa Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:06:34 +0000 http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/?p=312#comment-90 OK. Good to know that's one science toy I can skip. :-) OK. Good to know that’s one science toy I can skip. :-)

]]> By: Amanda http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Amanda Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:20 +0000 http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/?p=312#comment-89 Maggots! That's exactly what they looked like. Off to eat breakfast.... Maggots! That’s exactly what they looked like. Off to eat breakfast….

]]> By: Amanda http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Amanda Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:41:54 +0000 http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/?p=312#comment-88 I can imagine Jeffrey would think they were a great experience. When we try again, I'll be sure to have him discuss them with Fuss. Fuss is really attached to his fish, so I'm not sure why he didn't find them interesting. Well, actually it could have something to do with the fact that they didn't really get going!!! I can imagine Jeffrey would think they were a great experience. When we try again, I’ll be sure to have him discuss them with Fuss. Fuss is really attached to his fish, so I’m not sure why he didn’t find them interesting. Well, actually it could have something to do with the fact that they didn’t really get going!!!

]]> By: Hilary http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Hilary Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:10:26 +0000 http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/?p=312#comment-87 Sea Monkeys! Both of my boys had them. Alex didn't care all that much but Jeffrey was quite intrigued with them as you can well imagine. I was too, actually. They're not large enough to be visible until for a few days and they do grow quite a bit (about a cm or more) if you don't let too much water evaporate. Really they're just shrimp. I can't remember how or why, but one set that we had did evaporate entirely. We added distilled water to it months later and new ones left their dormancy behind. It's quite an interesting learning experience once the process is understood, though they're terribly boring beyond that point. Maybe try again when Fuss is a bit older? Sea Monkeys! Both of my boys had them. Alex didn’t care all that much but Jeffrey was quite intrigued with them as you can well imagine. I was too, actually.

They’re not large enough to be visible until for a few days and they do grow quite a bit (about a cm or more) if you don’t let too much water evaporate. Really they’re just shrimp.

I can’t remember how or why, but one set that we had did evaporate entirely. We added distilled water to it months later and new ones left their dormancy behind. It’s quite an interesting learning experience once the process is understood, though they’re terribly boring beyond that point. Maybe try again when Fuss is a bit older?

]]> By: April W [APHS] http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/2010/01/31/gross/comment-page-1/#comment-86 April W [APHS] Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:43:45 +0000 http://plattdiscoverycottage.com/blog/?p=312#comment-86 sea monkeys are very small shrimp.. I can therefore imagine what a less than maggot sized worm looking wiggling thing must have looked like. Totally understand your gross out. sea monkeys are very small shrimp.. I can therefore imagine what a less than maggot sized worm looking wiggling thing must have looked like. Totally understand your gross out.

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