Feb. 1, 2008 - Broken Glass to Scientific Study is as Lemons to Lemonade
Well my VERY favorite glass, pyrex, 4 cup measure has gone on to recycling heaven...Very sad...it was the one that stacked properly. It couldn't have been my Pampered Chef 4 cup measure that doesn't like nesting with anyone and cost way too much to PURPOSELY throw away...oh no, not THAT one. But as they say, that is the way the cookie crumbles more often than not.
Alright now...I am ALWAYS amazed when breaking a relatively small item made of glass, the sheer VOLUME of tiny glass shards that are produced...and seriously could anything without technology, made by man, for the KITCHEN travel farther????
I tried to show how long my kitchen is here...but even this shot does not show that the measure fell off the counter there on the left, across from Bean...this is a juncture position in my kitchen...if Bean takes a step back ward she is in a hallway...glass shot ALL the way down that hallway and around the corner...all the way to the windows beyond the last chair that you can see and all the way to the wood floor two or three steps behind me. Amazing!
Well we bought a microscope for JUST such an occasion as this...Here is Bean sorting through to find the best pieces...
And here are a FEW of the things that we saw...(mouse over for captions.)
See ya around...
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Feb. 3, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by CrossView
NOOOOOO! Not the Pyrex one! Those are my favorites....
I'm always amazed by how much glass there is, too. And just when we think we've gotten itall, we find another little sliver here or there. =/
I love that you made it into a homeschooling lesson! =D
