Scribblings from a twenty-year homeschool veteran about homeschooling, life after homeschooling, occasional peeks into the world of writing for children, and the ups and downs of life in general.
An easy one today, since I am SO behind from being gone Thursday-Saturday. I even had a faithful blogger friend post my Show and Tell, but apparently it didn't work. Oh, well. I should have my Costa Rica S&T ready for THIS Friday. It's the Spring Rush and I'm clambering to catch up on everything!
OK...on with the MindTrap for today.
In Hawaii, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or will it make no difference? (This is a good one to ask your kids).
OK, I didn't know I was supposed to officially "Check In" every Monday morning with the Mr. Linky here: EXERCISE CHALLENGE.
But now I know, so here goes...
This week was just an OK on my exercise "meter." I was faithful Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and even Sunday (since I missed Th and Fri). I was out of town--east of the mts.--being the Keynote speaker (gee, that sounds cool, doesn't it?) at a young authors conference for a little school in the Methow Valley. We did walk down to the river Th and F so I'll count that as a 1/2 mile each of those days. We couldn't walk all the way on Sat. am because the rivers are flooding so fast because of the record-breaking temperatures on both sides of the mts. combined with record snowfall in the mts! Yikes!
The other days I faithfully donned my 5# weighted vest and did my treadmill for 2 miles. Haven't lost anything yet, but I sure can "feel" it when I have that vest on. My goal---going 2 miles with 10# vest by the end of the summer.
Okay after getting mad because no one would tell me the answer :-) and then thinking some more I figured out that if it was 20 degrees it would be frozen. So therefore the answer is 45 degrees.
Amy
Great job! I've never seen a weighted vest, but what a great idea...no having to hold weights, huh. Have a blessed week. Julie http://funinthesunmom.blogspot.com
40 degrees F. 20 would be just a tad difficult. :-D
Ah, so that's where you were. I was beginning to wonder if you fell off the edge of the world...
Your recent activities correspond beautifully with something that came up in conversation today. I have formulated a genius plan to get you down here.
Would you be willing to give a short talk for a children's literature class and a presentation on writing children's lit for a college (with pay)? The members of the Arts and Literary Group are (so far) excited about the idea of having you down. It'd be sometime next school year. Think about it... :-)
My DH and I were just discussing having grocery check-out lines divided up based on the IQ of the customer, since he is convinced that he is a genius. Based on this method, he would never have to wait for some slow person to write out an old-fashioned check or for some intelligence-challenged customer to figure out how to use the electronic payment gizmo. I thought I would ask him your question, and see if he can pass the test for the high IQ line.
Here is his answer: The water temperature doesn't matter. The water in and around Hawaii is never that cold. And even if the water around Hawaii DID get that cold, salt water freezes at a colder temperature than fresh water does. So throw out the question.
I maintain that the water could be indoors, in a temperature-controlled environment. After doing a bit of research and learning that ocean water freezes at -2.2C (28F), I am sticking with my original answer. The ball falls faster through 45 degree water.
Who gets to go through the fast line at the grocery store?
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Kristy