EARTH DAY IS COMING UP
APRIL 22nd.
OUR KITCHEN PANTRY SCIENTIST IS
JOINING US HERE ON "MID-
MORNING."
WE ARE PLAYING WITH DIRT TODAY.
IT IS SAD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO
DO INDOOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
I HAVE GOOD ONES TO GET READY
FOR SPRING.
IF YOU CUT UP CARDBOARD AND
PAPER AND FIND RUBBER BANDS TO
PUT AROUND IT WHEN SPRING
ARRIVES YOUR KIDS CAN PRESS
FLOWERS.
IT IS SUPER PRETTY AND SUPER
FUN.
WE ALL DID THIS AS KIDS.
WE USUALLY DID THEM IN A BIG
BOOK AND YOU WOULD FIND THEM
FIVE YEARS LATER.
THIS IS ONE I LOVE FOR
TODDLERS AND LITTLE KIDS.
IF YOU HAVE KIDNEY BEANS OR
PEAS IN YOUR PANTRY PUT THEM IN
A WINDOW AND KIDS CAN WATCH
THEM GROW.
IT IS SUPER FUN AND COOL.
WE HAVE TINY KIDS TWO AND
THREE.
THEY WOULD LOVE THAT.
IT IS MAGICAL TO SEE THE
SPROUTING.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I
LOVE.
IT IS FROM MY NEW BOOK.
THESE PROJECTS ARE AQUATIC
ECOSYSTEMS.
THEY INVOLVE ECOSYSTEMS THAT
ARE GIANT NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS.
EARTH HAS A BIG ECOSYSTEM.
PLANTS PRODUCE OXYGEN.
A SCIENTIST DISCOVERED THIS
BECAUSE HE REALIZED IF HE PUT A
SPIDER IN A JAR AND SCREWED ON
THE LID, THE SPIDER WOULD DIE.
IF YOU PUT A PLANT IN WITH THE
SPIDER, THE SPIDER WOULD LIVE.
GO TO THE PET STORE AND GET
AQUATIC PETS.
I HAVE A SNAIL AND GHOST SHRIMP
IN THERE.
THIS SNAIL HAS BEEN ALIVE SINCE
LAST SUMMER, WHEN WE
PHOTOGRAPHED MY BOOK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEED THEM.
THERE IS ALGAE GROWING IN HERE.
THE SNAIL EATS THE ALGAE.
THE PLANTS PRODUCE OXYGEN.
THIS IS A SELF-CONTAINED
SYSTEM.
THIS IS THE EASIEST FISH
TANK IN A WORLD.
IF YOU ARE NOT GROSSED OUT
BY SNAILS, YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE
IT.
TERRARIUMS ARE FUN.
YOU CAN GET DIRT AND PLANTS.
IF YOU PUT HERMIT CRABS INSIDE,
BUY THE DIRT AT THE PET STORE.
PUT THE PLANTS IN IN THEIR
LITTLE POTS.
YOU CAN WATCH HOW ANIMALS LIVE
IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE HUMIDITY
SENSOR IN HERE.
WHEN THE HUMIDITY GETS TOO LOW,
SHE HAS TO SPRITZ IT.
IT IS A COOL WAY FOR KIDS TO
LEARN ABOUT THAT.
IT IS PERFECT FOR EARTH DAY.
THIS IS ALL IN OUTDOOR
SCIENCE LAB FOR KIDS.
MY NEW BOOK HAS THE ECOSYSTEM.
YOU ARE ALL SET.
FIND ALL THE BOOKS AT
KITCHENPANTRYSCIENTIST.COM.
GO TO WCCO.COM/LINKS AND WE'LL
