We started the day by doing three lessons on Ancient China. First we learned about the Yellow River and how the silt it leaves after flooding is yellow and good for growing millet. Next,the Yangtze River which means long in Chinese. We also learned how silk is made and the legend of how it was discovered. Finally, we learned some Chinese characters for tree, forest, fire and mountain after which we watched a calligraphy demonstration.
In Chemistry, we learned about chemical reactions which reminded me of last weeks Chemistry Magic Show! At the show we were able to watch several types of reactions including change of state, change of color, change of temperature and best of all fire and explosions!
Lucky for us, Andy's brother, Ben sent us a link to http://periodicvideos.com/# It is the Periodic Table of Elements and when you click on an element, it shows you some experiments using that particular element. It is worth watching just to see the one scientist's crazy hair! :)
The evening brought a delicious Chinese dinner of pot stickers and rice. After dinner we watched a performance of the Tang Dancers and ate fortune cookie to end with something sweet.
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