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It’s Never Too Early to Start Teaching & Learning – Floating Balls & Toilet Paper

I had a very special guest join me on my weekly television science segment this week. Anchorman Mark Koebrich took a break from his vacation and brought his 3-year-old grandson Jack to do a little science.

It’s never too early to start teaching tiny ones. Early childhood is the perfect time to start introducing science, learning and exploration. This is why teachers teach – to see the wonder and excitement that lights up children’s eyes when they get to experience learning firsthand. Jack was very shy and would only whisper his responses to my questions. We began with floating ping pong balls, moved up to balloons and then graduated to a beach ball. Jack’s eyes lit up bigger and bigger with each ball. We did the grand finale by blowing air under a toilet paper roll and shooting toilet paper out and over our heads.

Jack can now go

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Vacuum Packed Meteorologist Stays Fresh

When you think of something being vacuum-packed, it’s usually to keep the food fresh. But I won’t stop at keeping just my food fresh. I decided to try it on our local morning news meteorologist, Becky Ditchfield. I thought maybe we could keep her save from freezer burn for an experiment. One word of caution – DO NOT try this at home. This is a only demonstration to show the power and force of air.

Becky was vacuum packed while sitting down. Do you think she was able to stand up with the plastic bag sucked to her?