Random Science: Part 2

 Continuing on (this was actually all in one day!), Zorg created an experiment using the lazer tag guns, looking at which surfaces would block, absorb, or redirect the invisible beams.

He worked this up on his own, and did it with a bunch of the Zoomlians while I was working on the dissections.

He used a mirror as a reflection control, and discovered, among other things, that the beams were not absorbed by black surfaces.  Very cool!

 I ran a quick fun experiment looking at surface tension.  You pour a little milk in a plate, then drop in some coloring.

The diffusion of the color is interesting of itself, but the real fun is when you add a drop of dish soap.

When the surface tension is broken, the colors go crazy!

We also did a bunch of chromatography experiments, and we put some celery and some white snapdragons into blue colored water (both of which continued to amuse for several days).

And we ended up with a somewhat unintentional science project when the Queen of the Squirrels decided to feed her subjects to help them prepare for winter.

The internet is full of videos of squirrels stealing bird food.  We have cardinals and jays poaching squirrel food! Every time this little fellow turns his back...