Apologia General Science Experiment 6.2

Apologia General Science Experiment 6.2
Separation of Sedimentation

I just wanted to show a bit of the Student Notebook that we use along with our textbook.  It really does help us process what we are learning and evaluate what we are seeing/learning.

We bought the kit that contains all (or most) of the things we need to do our experiments, and it is really wonderful!  We only had to dig up some soil and some gravel/rocks.

We had to add into a jar 1/5 of dirt, 1/5 of rocks, 1/5 of gravel, and then fill up the rest of the jar with water (specifically fill it up with water until the jar is 3/4 full).  So, I took a ruler and marked off sections every inch and then filled up each thing to the mark I made with a Sharpie.

Dirt/Soil

Dd adding in the sand

Adding in the gravel

Mixing up the ingredients

Dd wanted to stir it up after shaking it up

Add water and shake some more!

Lastly put it down to settle

After we mixed it up, we had to wait one hour and then go look at how much settling has occured.

Now we wait 24 hours and then check the jar again...and perhaps see more clear layers?!

Update: Two Days Later!

Update: Another Five Days Later!
(last update)


This was a very easy, and fun experiment.  

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