I FOUND IT!!!

Somehow my camera wound up in the basement freezer room on the storage shelf where I start seeds.  I have NO IDEA how it got there, but I'm really glad it's found. 

Today we did another cool experiment from our Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments;, Solvent Extraction.  I'm trying not to stick my nose too far into the kid's way when they are doing these experiments because sometimes you learn best from your mistakes and starting over is not always a bad thing.  Anyway, this is the only picture I got:.

This experiment only involved one test tube, but the rack also serves as storage and we are too lazy to remove the unused ones.  Here is a link that sort of explains this experiment. 

As we only have one lab book, I was testing the other two children on elements and ions (a neverending task!) while the other child finished up his/her lab report.  Elizabeth had the very cool idea of writing her ions on the whiteboard as I called them out.

She wasn't sure she had hers right and so covered up her answer with her hand to avoid having a mistake published in my blog...smart girl!

Josh got bored and began contemplating whether element flashcard nose rings would ever catch on: