{"id":112,"date":"2010-04-18T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowyouknowabout.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2015-09-07T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T14:02:59","slug":"rainy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Fun Science for Rainy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m loving\u00a0 <em><a title=\"How to Fossilise your Hamster - Mick O'Hare\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lovereading.co.uk\/author\/1539\/Mick-O\/'Hare.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Fossilise Your Hamster<\/a><\/em> by Mick O\u2019Hare.\u00a0 It\u2019s a series of hilarious experiments you can do with your children when it\u2019s pouring outside \u2013 and they all prove some scientific principle.<\/p>\n<p>Take this as an excellent example:<\/p>\n<p><em>Question: is it true that you can measure the speed of light using nothing more than a chocolate bar and a microwave oven? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All you will need is:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>a bar of chocolate<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a metric ruler<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a microwave oven<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell me, how could you NOT want to try this out?!<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hare has had the brilliant idea of dividing up his experiments into rooms.\u00a0 \u2018In the Kitchen\u2019. \u2018In the Living Room\u2019.\u00a0 \u2018In the Bathroom\u2019.\u00a0 Wherever you are, there are experiments to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m loving\u00a0 How to Fossilise Your Hamster by Mick O\u2019Hare.\u00a0 It\u2019s a series of hilarious experiments you can do with your children when it\u2019s pouring outside \u2013 and they all prove some scientific principle. 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