Saturday 23 September 2017

Making And Using A Balance Scale

We have been sharing and following along with Eva and Flora for our home school journey.  Both girls have been working on a unit study based around farming and harvesting.  We have also been using some of the practical activities from the " Pioneer Sampler" book and Pip had great fun with this week's practical task:

 Dad making the initial hole with a bradawl.


 Pip using the old DSLR whilst I am using the Pen-F





 Cutting the strings.



 Pip widening the holes.


 Running a first test using pennies on one side and sugar on the other.


 Calculating the weights. 
 1oz = 8 pennies and so 4oz = 32 pennies.


 32 Pennies.


 Weighing the oats


 Well Balanced.


 After we had weighed the oats we also measured the sugar.  The oats and dried prunes were placed in a mixing bowl.  And the honey, sugar and butter were placed in a saucepan and heated until melted.  The wet ingredients were added to the dry and the mixture was baked in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.


 Chopping the prunes.


The finished afternoon treat minus two pieces which were packaged and sent on to a neighbour who is recovering from knee surgery.

It has been a very tiring week with all the extra college travelling and so I am grateful when the weekend rolls around! 


 

4 comments:

Eva said...

Bravo, Pip! You balance scale looks great and seems to be working perfectly. We just got back from a fiber festival where you could see so much beautiful yarn. There were also children's activities. Unfortunately, it was very hot, 30 degrees! Not the right temperature to think about warm winter wool.

P.S. Your bars also look yummy. So nice you brought them to your neighbor.

Sarah said...

Brilliant!

dorinalouise said...

Such great work! The treat looks delicious. I love prunes :)

Kezzie said...

Oh I love this!!! What a great exercise and learning so many skills!