Erin Does Science! The Exploding Water Hypothesis

by Backpacking Dad

Erin left school today very excited about estuaries. She had some questions about them, though. Would fresh water and salt water, when mixed together as in an estuary, taste fresh or salty? Would mixing two types of water cause an explosion?

So, she designed an experiment to find out.

4 comments

1 karen { 01.23.13 at 6:18 am }: LOVE the inquiring mind!
2 Bella { 01.23.13 at 7:26 pm }: Love her hypothesis and falsification vocabulary.

Please let her know that she shouldn’t be tasting estuary water when out in nature!
3 Backpacking Dad { 01.24.13 at 2:02 pm }: @Karen,

Me too. And getting her to do experiments is a great way to stop her from asking me “why??????” all the time.
4 Backpacking Dad { 01.24.13 at 2:03 pm }: @Bella,

Ha! This is the kid who thought the water would explode, and did it anyway. There’s no cautioning her.