Ghost Poop!

Green Table Science today was all about ghost poop. Yes, you read that correctly!  We began by looking into our container and guessing what might be inside.  Most said that it was just water, but we had a few guesses of fish or sharks.  Then I asked kids if they had ever seen ghost poop (after we had a short discussion on how everyone poops).  I then put my hand in the water and told them it was ghost poop hiding in the water.  Most kiddos did not believe it, until they tried it themselves (oops - we did not get a no face pic of the kids feeling the poop).

The look on their faces was priceless when they put their hand in the water and felt "something" but could not see it!  After everyone had felt the "poop", we drained the container and "voila", a whole tub full of these clear, slippery, slimy, bumpy, wet, spheres (all their words, except sphere which was new to them today).  They were just water beads!  We poured some beads into giant tubs for the kids to play with for a while.  Sorry, another no pic.  It was just so exciting!  

Then we put the beads back in the original container and I told them that the ghost had left us a message.  When they could not find the message, I poured water into the container and magic happened!  The ghost appeared under the water beads with a message that said "BOO!"