Stella the Budding Scientist

There is a Science Fair coming up next week (Feb 22, 2011) at Stella's school and participation is voluntary, but of course, Dada, the scientist, would not pass up the opportunity to let Stella participate in it.  So today was the day that they actually conducted their scientific experiment.

Stella's hypothesis is: Sour beverages are more acidic than non-sour ones.

In order to test this hypothesis, Stella had to taste and measure the pH (with the pH meter Dada brought home from his lab) of various beverages.  After piano class this morning, Stella and Dada went to the grocery store and purchased a variety of beverages to test. 

They then set up their drinks on the kitchen table.  

First was the taste test.  Stella would taste each drink and determine whether the drink tasted very sour, a little sour, or not sour at all.  

Like a good scientist, she wrote her observations down on a notebook.

Next up was measuring the pH of each beverage and writing it down on her notebook.

I am proud to say that Stella conducted every aspect of this science experiment, from tasting and measuring the pH of each beverage to writing all of her observations down, all by herself while her Dada observed and supervised.  Next step will be to put all of this info down on a poster board so that the poster board can be presented at the science fair.  Stella has been really excited about this whole process and that is great for us to see!  What can I say, being a scientist runs in her family =:)