Monday, November 21, 2011

APOLOGIA-SWIMMING CREATURES-LESSON 3- SEALS,SEA COWS AND WALRUSES



SEALS,SEA LIONS AND WALRUSES ARE MAMMALS THAT SCIENTISTS CALL PINNIPEDS.
WHALES AND PINNIPEDS HAVE A LAYER OF FAT CALLED BLUBBER.

THIS EXPERIMENT WAS IN THE BOOK:
WE PUT ONE GLOVE ON ONE HAND AND PUT IT INTO ICE WATER AND PUT THE TIMER ON TO SEE HOW LONG YOU COULD HOLD YOUR HAND IN THE WATER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO HOLD THERE HAND IN THE ICE WATER FOR 30 SECONDS.
BELOW



DUCKY HAS TWO GLOVES ON HER HAND WITH VASELINE IN BETWEEN IN ICE WATER. SHE WAS ABLE TO HOLD HER HAND IN THE WATER FOR 8 MINUTES. WOW, NOW WE KNOW HOW WHALES AND PINNIPEDS STAY WARM IN THE ICE COLD WATER. GOD IS A MASTER DESIGNER.


D MAN AND DUCKY THEN TOOK VASELINE AND PUT IT ON THE TIP OF THERE FINGER AND WAS TRYING TO SEE HOW LONG THEY HELD IT, IT WAS AWHILE. THE VASELINE GOT SEMI HARD IN THE ICE WATER ON THERE FINGER.  OUR EXPERIMENT WENT FURTHUR THAN I THOUGHT, THIS IS WHY I LOVE HOME SCHOOLING.




Walrus Craft I found here:


 
 Seal Craft my friend Nicole found at:

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