CENTRAL OKLAHOMA Take advantage of a windy day to visit Arcadia Lake in Edmond. Learn how wind can make a lake a wild and rough environment, then create your own beach in a bottle. Grab any plastic bottle for this fun activity and then collect materials like sand, water, small rocks and lake plants. Let your little explorers shake the bottle to see what happens to the items within their turbulent lake. Arcadia Lake also offers kayak rentals throughout the year so throw on your life jacket and explore the world of physics by propelling your kayak through the water. Ask your little scientist how she or he thinks the paddles help move the boat. Experiment with deep strokes and shallow strokes and compare each with your speed. Play around with balance by rocking the kayak (just don’t tip over!). Arcadia Lake has a park entry fee of $6 per car on weekdays and $7 per car on weekends, covering up to five people in each car. Kids under the age of 13 must have a life jacket on while in the water.
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Mix 1/2 cup of white glue and 1/2 cup of water in a bowl. Add 1 cup of sand. After mixing the sand, add 1/4 cup of liquid starch and stir. When it’s mixed well, add in another 1/4 cup of liquid starch. Let the gooey mixture sit for about 10 minutes, and then have fun playing with the moldable slime. Talk about how glue contains polymers that cause a reaction with the starch called cross- linking. The polymer molecules stick to each other and form a slime-like consistency when cross-linked with starch. Return to Lake Eufaula in the fall for natural- ist programs and activities open to adults and children to learn about the natural world and wildlife living in the area. A winter fishing trip mixes biology with fun. Talk about what kinds of fish are native to Oklahoma, and use your bait as a good example of how big fish eat little fish to survive. Cleaning fish can become a lesson on anatomy by pointing out fins, organs and gills.
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EASTERN OKLAHOMA Lake Eufaula in eastern Oklahoma has plethora of sand on its beaches, making it the perfect warm weather destination for this next experiment. Satisfy your children’s “ick” factor by making sand slime, which also makes a cool gift for your kids to take home to friends.
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