Mrs. Musone’s class has been conducting an experiment about splashes while making works of art. They dropped household objects like cotton balls, erasers, paper clips, and plastic spoons into a plastic bowl of washable, watered down paint. They wanted to see what impact different objects make at different heights, angles, and if the weight impacted the splash. They found the heavier the object, the bigger splash it made. The eraser made the biggest splash even though it was smaller than some things like the paper clip, the plastic spoon, and the plastic coin. Some kids thought flat objects wouldn’t splash, but the flat object didn’t splash because they was too light. They also noticed that the eraser bounced off the bottom of the paint bowl, but the cotton ball and coin just stayed on the surface of the paint.
If you try this at home, you want to make sure there is something under the paint bowl like newspaper so it doesn’t get on other surfaces. You also want to have a damp paper towel handy. That way you can clean up if something splashes before it dries.
Doing it in a bigger place is helpful too.
This really works and is interesting and fun!
If you try this at home, you want to make sure there is something under the paint bowl like newspaper so it doesn’t get on other surfaces. You also want to have a damp paper towel handy. That way you can clean up if something splashes before it dries.
Doing it in a bigger place is helpful too.
This really works and is interesting and fun!