Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 9, August 12th

Today we continued the airplane contest. We went on the Internet for directions. There was a space shuttle, jet plane, and some regular planes. We flew them around the room. Some flew sideways, in circles, upside down, but a couple flew straight.

We learned golden rod paper is an indicator, which turns golden paper pink when you write on it with soap. Soap is a base.

This post was written by Science Writer, Eme.

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th

Today we made paper airplanes and had a contest. Some of the categories to win were appearance, gentlest flight, fastest, distance (shortest and longest), lowest flight, name of the airplane, and technique. Some people that don’t want to compete be the judges, giving the scores for each person.

It’s not as easy as you think to make a perfect airplane. In the first contest Eme won the contest based on height and distance. In the second contest the person who won for appearance was Luan. The person who won the shortest turned out to be a tie but then they did a second run and it turned out to be Haley. The airplane flying the farthest was Eme again. Now for the technique contest. This time, Haley won. Now they are finishing with the gentlest flight contest.

This post was authored by Kelley and Ruby.

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th

Today in Science Writers we made our very own tie dye (check back for later for video coverage). First we wrapped rubber bands around shirts or bandanas. Then we dyed them and put them in plastic bags. We will get them back tomorrow! We also wrote letters to the Marines.

-- Haley aka Smiley

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 6, August 9th

Today during Science Writers, we went to the computer lab and typed about the ice cream timeline. When we came back, we worked on our own timeline (our lives so far).

This post was authored by Allstar aka Giggles.

REMINDER: WEAR OLD CLOTHES TOMORROW FOR TIE-DYE TUESDAY!

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 5, August 6th

Today we were making ice cream, and it turned out to be delicious. The first step of the process was that we had to mix milk, vanilla , and sugar. Next we had to put it in a bag with salt and ice. Then we started to shake the bag as hard as we could. Shake, Shake, Shake!

The last step was that we could decorate our ice cream with toppings and enjoy it and have a great day at camp. Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This post was written by the author named Aman.

OVER THE WEEKEND : EXPERIMENT WITH THE YELLOW PAPER AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 4, August 5th

Today the science writers worked with indicators. We found out if liquids were acids or bases. We used a cabbage indicator and it was stinky!

We had our bridge contest. Believe or not everyone won!. Some things we learned about building were that triangular beams are the strongest for a bridge.

TOMORROW WE NEED GLOVES OR TOWELS SO WE DON'T GET FROSTBITE FROM MAKING ICE CREAM!

--This post was authored by Sam.

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 3, August 4th

Dear readers,

As usual at PSU camp we are science writers in room 316. Today we were bridge builders. First, we researched in the lab and the computer bridge animation. Then we came to the classroom and built bridges using construction paper, fettuccine, masking tape, markers, crayons, and our minds and what we remember from researching in the lab where we found what shapes hold the most. Then we came up with different categories such as most complicated, strongest, and most creative. We also came up with how wide and tall he bridge has to be. Different groups made completely different bridges. Different teams ran into different problems like it doesn’t hold much or not high enough.

Today's post was authored by Ruby. Well done!

Science Writers -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 1, August 2nd

Today we did chromatography. Ask your camper for more information...

Aman -- "Interesting, wish we could do it again tomorrow. It was fun!"
Allie -- Writing a story about yellow pigment coming from black marker.
Ruby --Asked "How many different colors in the marker?" Gray had several colors.
Sam-- Made colors explode.
Eme-- "It is so much fun!" She experimented with dye and separated it and made a really cool design.
Haley --"Really fun!"

And more (like silliness with purple cabbage)!