Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Balls Of Air

         Bubbles can be found everywhere from in your soda to the weirs things in your old chemistry experiments. A bubble can be formed in pretty much any liquid including lava, tar, nail polish, and liquid glass.  All you need is air and one of many liquids.        

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

A Bar of Fat?

 Soap making history goes back many thousands years. The most basic supplies for soap making were those taken from animal and nature; many people made soap by mixing animal fats with lye. Today, soap is produce from fats and an alkali. The cold process method is the most popular soap making process today, while some soap makers use the historical hot process. 

The Babylonians were the first one to master the art of soap making. They made soap from fats boiled with ashes. Soap was used in cleaning wool and cotton used in textile manufacture and was used medicinally for at least 5000 years.

    Now people can go to a local hobby shop to make your own soaps with pre-made soap base. Using a soap base, dyes, soap molds, and a mi
crowave anyone can make your own soap.   

Rain Bow?


A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets in the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicolored arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Candy On A Stick?


  The name lollipop was first invented by a man named George Smith, who was the owner of a confectionery business called the Bradley Smith Company. George Smith named the stick candy after his favorite race horse Lolly Pop. George Smith trademarked the name lollipop in 1931, the name has since fallen into public domain. Now the lollipops are sold in every size, shape, color, and flavor you can think of.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Strange Fruit

Common name: Carambola, Starfruit, Five-finger
Botanical name: Averrhoa carambola
Family: Oxalidaceae
Origin: Southeast Asia
Avg. Height X Width: 12' x 12'
Varieties: Arkin, Fwang Tung, Kari, Sri Kembangan
Season: August - March
Damage temp: 26-28 F
Comments: Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit have a sweet citrus like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.

They taste very good, there's one in my yard =D