I Am Your Density

One of our homework assignments was a fun little exercise that demonstrated the concept of density.  That's one of those words that gets confusing with the concept of weight, but we trudged through it nonetheless with a great little science experiment - here's the description that Madison wrote, showing what she did - and what happened!

First, we put two drops of dye into the glass. Then, we added the oil. Finally, we dropped an ice cube in the glass, and watched. The ice cube floated in the middle of the glass. When it was melting, drops of water came down to the bottom. This is because the water is more dense than the oil.

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Today was the big day, a day when a snow storm of epic proportions would pour down wrath from the heavens, punishing us with tons of snow that would change our timid landscape to something you typically see in the Buffalo area.  So all the schools were cancelled today, every single one.  They were all cancelled last night with a sense of foreboding doom.  it was coming, and when that happened, heaven help those stuck on the roads!

We went to the office this morning anyway, and as it turned out, Madison could have went to school today.  The snow didn't begin to rear its ugly head until around 3:00 or 4:00.  And of course, it wasn't ugly in the slightest.  It did have a bit of menace to it, of course, for the past twenty-four hours we were presented with the direst of warnings.  Yet, the way it played out for us locally, things covered the ground just enough... and then the snow stopped.  Elsewhere, the snow was more intense.  West and north of here, there are five inches or more.  Here, we saw the same gap in the clouds that occasionally presents itself, dumping very little precipitation upon us at all.

But it was still pretty enough coming down, and it did provide for another night together - no church this evening.  We stayed up a little later, watching a movie and doing a tiny bit of homework of course.  It was nice watching the snow fall down - it looks a little dense in places, so it really is a good idea to stay off the roads this evening.  And yes, we'll be looking forward to heading outside to have some fun in the snow tomorrow.