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[oldlady]

my kids loved microscopes (playskool used to make a really good one, unbreakable & easy to use), radio & electricity kits..chemistry, of course...fossil digs & on & on. We homeschooled & their favorite memories (now that they are grown) are two famous science activities we did--- we found some bones at our garden site & boiled/bleached/reconstructed the thing-- with elastic replacing the tendons. After several months we had a fully motion-capable deer in our living room. It was really exciting-- and they'd tell the kids on the playground how the tire swing was working on a ball & socket joint *haha*. The second most memorable was the water cycle lesson, where I let them put all manner of liquids in a pot and told them I'd drink it. So, in goes juice with milk, and I admit they got the three year old to pee in it. I boiled it, condensed steam on a cool lid and drank it-- they never forgot the water cycle. *heehee* thanks for letting me remember the good ol' days. *sigh*