Static electricity.

 Today, I was on the slide. After I got off, I touched a few things. Then I got a shock. I decided to do an experiment. I got on the slide again. I touched something. I got a shock. Then I did another experiment. I got on the slide twice. I thought that could increase the amount of shock I get. I was wrong. I had the same amount of static electricity. Then I did the last experiment. I wanted to see how long the static electricity would stay. I went home from the playground. I was careful not to touch anything. After going home, I did not experience any jolt or shock. Which means, the static electricity stayed for only a few seconds or minutes. What was the last time you felt the shock from static electricity? Post a comment with your reply.

Strange wood at beach

     I went to Kings Beach on a sunny afternoon. I found a mysterious object that washed ashore right by my side. First, I thought it was a rock. I threw it into the water to see if it floats. It floated and I knew that only lava rocks float. Then I found out that it was a piece of wood.

    I played for a little time and then went back to the wood. I noticed that its color turned from reddish to white. I started pouring different things on the wood. Hand sanitizer slightly turned the wood to red even though it still looked different.

Changed wood

    So what is that white thing? Is it ash? First I thought it was ash. But I poured water on it and nothing happened. So it is not ash. It could be some chemical reaction caused due to air. What do you think? Please post a comment. 

Crack the Puzzle: Soil vs. Skin

Hello Everyone, 

    Last week, I went for a walk with my mom and noticed these cracks in the soil.  

    I was curious about the cracks and decided to see what was under it.

    Did you see that?? There is an another layer of soil under the dried layer. This reminded me of cracked skin! When I thought about it, I was really surprised to know how earth and skin are similar in nature.

Look at these pictures:

    What did you notice? I noticed that both earth and skin have layers! I also noticed that the top layers show cracks when the water dries up! Maybe, that causes the top layer to separate from the other layers. Soil has 4 layers and the skin has 3 layers. Now, look at this picture of tree trunk:

Isn't it surprising?? The tree trunk also has texture like cracks, that is for a different reason though. 

Conclusion: Nature surprises me often and water is an essential element in it. Life can’t exist without water. Please share your comments.

Surprising facts about birds

 Hello everyone,

    I hope you enjoyed my last post. Today, I would like to share some interesting facts about Swallow birds. We all know that some birds migrate during winter and Swallow birds belong to that category of migrating birds. But there is something special about these birds. Swallow birds build their nests at a mission that is located in San Juan, Capistrano.

    The interesting fact is that these birds always leave their nests exactly  on October 23 of every year and always return to their nests exactly on March 19!  It seems that they fly as far as South America where it is warmer than California in the winter. After winter, the Swallow birds come back to the mission. Swallow birds were doing this kind of migration for the past hundreds of years.

    I think the reason they do this is because they are really intelligent and one Swallow bird went to South America and it somehow found out how long it took. Then maybe it told all the other birds. If that is true, they start exactly those many days before March 19 and arrive exactly on March 19. Do you think that is true? If you think that is not true and think there is some other way, put it in the comment.

Volcano Eruption - When magma becomes lava!!!

 Hello everyone,

    This is my first post. Did you read the news about the recent Iceland volcanic eruption? Volcanos erupted several times since 2021. According to the information available online, the same volcano erupted 4 times since December. Actually, do you know what a volcano means? A volcano looks like a mountain but it has an opening where magma comes out. While it is inside it is called magma, but after it comes out it is called lava. 

    When a volcano erupts it is called a natural disaster. While it is not erupting or not looking like it is going to erupt soon, it is called a dormant volcano. Mount Shasta is an example of a dormant volcano. Scientists say it last erupted about 3,200 years ago.

 

                                                                    Picture of  Mount Shasta

A simple volcano experiment: 

Items needed:

1 paper plate or paper towel

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1 cup water

Red color

1/2 teaspoon of Citric Acid

Method:

Step 1: Put the Red color into the water

Step 2: Put baking soda and citric acid into a cup and mix it into the water

Step 3: Wait for it to erupt

Note: The red color made the water look like lava