We assembled this peak flow meter. It came as a piece of cardboard in our science kit. There are four different lung capacity ranks: mouse, dog, bear, and elephant.
When we blew, the force of air pushed the tube out to one of the animals. Emberly's rank was halfway to a mouse.
Landen's rank was a little more than a mouse.
My rank was a perfect dog.
Tech: January Kiwi Co. Crates have arrived!
Doodle crate (Kaylee):
Kaylee's crate... Shibori dyed messenger bag!
The first technique is called Ne-Maki. I did it for the cloth on the left. I tied rubber bands around it. When I dye it and take the rubber bands off, it will create white circles among the blue. The second technique, the sandwiched cloth on the right, is called Itajime. When I take the rubber bands off, it will create cool-looking squares.
Here they are... the soon-to-be-dyed cloths!
Tinker crate (Landen):
When you crank a lever and drop balls into this toy, it will move the balls around like a maze. For this week I started building the frame.
Elective:Arts and Crafts (Kaylee):
This week I read The Secret Lake by Karen Ingalls and made friendship bracelets for the activity to go with it. It was perfect because I got this really cool board for Christmas to make them on.
It took a lot longer than I thought so it wasn't finished by the end of the week but it is fun and it's always great to learn something new!
Building Machines (Landen):
This is what I built this week!
You sure are learning a lot of fun things. I don't even know about some of the different dyeing techniques. Those different kiwi crates are awesome. Landen is sure learning lots about machines. And boy sounds like you need lots of air to make that meter work.
ReplyDelete💜, Grandma Susan
It was fun (and messy, so very messy) to dye fabric! I was kind of sad that I had to use navy color for the dye and not, say, pink or purple. But it turned out super cool and my undershirt looks like I tie dyed it to look like a galaxy. I did realize that there's a few spots that are not dyed and they should be dyed. I should've saved some of the dye! (Mom and I wanted it gone, preventing Owen from making yet another daily mess!🙅♀️ So we dumped it down the sink.) :(
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is hard to make the peak flow meter work. (I didn't even know how to spell "peak flow meter" before typing up this blog.) My first ten or so times trying to make it work didn't result in an animal at all. Not even a tiny mouse. A dog was the best that I could accomplish. You have to blow into it the perfect way or it doesn't work. Although, Landen made an elephant on his first try. (Did the inner tube slide down too far? I wonder.) Too bad mom didn't get a picture of it. (Sigh.) It quickly makes us out of breath. 😩
Well, this is longer than I expected.
Thanks for telling me about your dyeing escapade!
ReplyDeleteWhen I've had Pneumonia, I've had to use a airflow meter like you're talking about. It sure does take a lot of air to make it work!
💜, Grandma Susan