When you stay at home with your children, you know that a sick day is no different than any other day. Laundry still needs to get done, kids still need to be fed and either entertained, if you’ve got one, like me, or coached, if you have a small team.

But Max will usually be okay playing alone as long as we have some one-on-one time, so here are a couple experiments we tried today that took minimal energy, thank heavens!

Fire needs oxygen to burn:

To prove, light a candle and watch it burn for a minute. Then cover with clear, glass jar. After the oxygen that was in the jar runs out, the fire will burn out.

Acid rain not good for the environment:

Put a stick of chalk in a glass of water, and an equal-sized stick of chalk in a glass of vinegar, which represents acid rain. Observe what happens over time and talk about the effects of pollution on the environment.

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