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Science!

A little while ago, on a nice spring day, Crystal took Kai and Nora out to the desert outside the perimeter road to go a scientific expedition.  We purchased a digital microscope and finally got it working on Dad’s 64bit system so it was time to collect samples.  In addition to the raw thrill of science there was looking at bugs in the desert, running on the perimeter soccer field, and hopping brick to brick as they passed the mosque on the way home.

Looking at the specimens under the microscope was fun but it was surprisingly difficult to illuminate and focus on irregularly shaped objects.   I can see why people prepare slides for microscopes.

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Science Time

I thought it would be a fun science-time experiment to grow some sugar crystals with Kai and Nora so I proceeded to whip up some supersaturated sugar solution and I hung some sticks in it.  I suspect that I missed some crucial aspect of preparing the solution as no crystals formed (perhaps I wasn’t supposed to boil the water).  As as good scientist I know that there is no success or failure, merely data to be analyzed.  Still, next time I’ll read some directions.