Minnow discovers sand and explores gravitational versus turbulent effects upon releasing a handful into the wind. When we got home, we read Bagnold's "The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes." No, not really...we saved it for bedtime! :)
Below the fold, Minnow demonstrates some classical mechanics principles at the playground.
Maybe this could be a late entry to the Accretionary Wedge carnival....
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Comments
Oh my god is she adorable.
I can't wait til mine starts walkin' and talkin'!
Posted by: LM | March 24, 2008 9:55 AM
:) I love it. Yay for toddlers and physics!
(My son went through a phase where he blamed gravity for everything. :D )
Posted by: Kim Hannula | March 24, 2008 10:34 AM
Love her experimental techniques ;)
Posted by: sciencegirl | March 24, 2008 11:10 AM
I agree with Science Girl. Minnow has a certain flair :-)
Posted by: amanda | March 24, 2008 1:54 PM
Go Minnow! Looks like fun at the park!
Posted by: Writer Chica | March 24, 2008 3:14 PM
Minnow just keeps getting cuter and cuter!
Posted by: BerryBird | March 24, 2008 7:30 PM
It is so fun to watch them figure things out and do their own little "experiments". Babies really are the quintessential scientists, aren't they?
Minnow is such a cutie! and obviously a genius too. :)
Posted by: Jane | March 24, 2008 10:54 PM
Wow! Remember the thrill of sandboxes (first lessons in mas wasting, wind & water erosion, and environmental degradation?
Posted by: Sciencegrandma | March 25, 2008 1:01 PM
She keeps growing, yet retaining her cuteness!
Posted by: ecogeofemme | March 25, 2008 10:29 PM
Ooh, where can I get one?
Posted by: Rebecca | March 29, 2008 11:55 AM