Thursday, January 20, 2011

Science experiment

We usually make fun of the FOX 9 news crew because they are usually a little over-the-top in their reporting. Drama central. Tonight, however, they gave us a great idea for keeping Miles occupied for a few minutes. It's so darn cold outside, we decided to see how long it would take to freeze a soaking wet t-shirt! Why a t-shirt? We don't know. That's just what FOX 9 used, so we went with it.
Step 1: Get the shirt wet.
Step 2: Go outside. (Daddies only, please. It IS 10 degrees below zero afterall!)

Step 3: Lay the shirt out to freeze. (We realized that maybe this wasn't the best position for the shirt, as it could freeze to the ground. If it weren't a Packers shirt, we would've left it. But we don't want to risk losing the thing, so we ended up hanging it over the railing. No pictures. Sorry.)
Step 4: Wait approximately 4 minutes.

Step 5: Check it out, dude! It's FROZEN!! So awesome.

Time to go warm up :)

4 comments:

Mom/Gma Jill said...

The Junior Scientist contemplating the results isn't nearly as funny as little brother watching the whole thing!

Dad suggests you put Miles in a warm coat and then spike up his hair with water and send him outside for a few minutes. He'd love the icy hairdo! Dad used to do that on the way to school--wet his hair and let it freeze.

Can't wait to hear what you try next!

AteacherdesperatelywantinggovernertocallschoolFriday said...

Between the Friday dance off and the fun science experiment, Fox 9 is rockin! MJ and Weston look impressed by the experiment!

beese said...

Unbelieveable! Time for a trip to Chapel Hill...

lljone said...

Brrr. . . .rrr! It makes me shiver just to look at that shirt! Ditto on Elisabeth's suggestion of a trip to NC!