Thursday night SNAP friends met for a geology-based activity. Jim Baird brought some of his rock collection to show us and he explained how fun geology can be. After his presentation, we moved to the cultural hall for some fun "geology" activities. There was a mining activity where we were given money to purchase tools and we were able to mine for chocolate chips. The Chambers made a couple of batches of quicksand from cornstarch. It is crazy stuff! There were two pools with kinetic sand, which is also weird stuff. The last table was filled with magnets of every sort for us to play with.
We always begin with a hymn
Brother Baird's collection
The Joys of Geology
A large chunk of bassalt
It's OK to touch
Brother and Sister Baird
Brother Leishman was the banker; Sister Winegar was the store keeper
Purchasing mining tools
We're in the money!
Mining for chocolate chips
Messy but tasty
Happy miners
Two batches of cornstarch quicksand
Brother Chambers is a wicked-awesome juggler -- with cornstarch!
This stuff is weird
It can't decide if it is a liquid or solid
Friends at the sand pools
This stuff acts strange, too
It molds and shapes just fine
But then it oozes
Good times
All manner of magnets
That sphere is great
Who knew you could have such fun with magnets
Magnets repel magnets
The adult leaders have fun, too
A big thanks to the Bairds and to all the leaders who created and managed the activities. It was a fun evening at SNAP.