🚂 Ed Express [073]

Hello, home learners! Ed's here, your friendly guide on this exciting educational adventure. Let's uncover the wonders of learning together!

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE

ENGLISH
Bookworm Buddies: Character Connections! 📚🤝

Let's delve deeper into the world of our favourite book characters and explore their relationships!

Your Mission:

1. Choose a book you've recently read or one that you love.

2. Select two characters from the book who have an interesting relationship (friends, rivals, family members, etc.).

3. Write a dialogue between these two characters, imagining a conversation they might have about a specific event or theme in the book.

4. Focus on capturing their unique personalities, motivations, and perspectives.

Bonus Challenges:

• Perform your dialogue with a friend or family member, bringing the characters to life!

• Create illustrations or puppets to represent your characters.

• Explore how the relationship between the characters changes or develops throughout the story.

• Share your dialogues and creative interpretations on social media using #EdExpress.

This activity encourages reading comprehension, creative writing, and empathy as you step into the shoes of different characters and explore their motivations and relationships.

SCIENCE
Kitchen Chemistry: Dancing Milk! 🥛🌈🎨

Let's create a mesmerising display of colours and science right in your kitchen!

You'll Need:

• A shallow dish or plate

• Milk (whole milk works best)

• Food colouring (various colours)

• Dish soap

• Cotton swabs

Instructions:

1. Pour enough milk into the dish to cover the bottom.

2. Add a few drops of different food colours to the milk, keeping them separate.

3. Dip a cotton swab in dish soap and touch it to the centre of the milk.

4. Watch the colours dance and swirl!

The Science Behind It:

• Milk is mostly water, but it also contains fats and proteins.

• Dish soap breaks down the surface tension of the milk and interacts with the fats, causing the colours to move and mix.

Bonus Challenges:

• Experiment with different types of milk (skim, semi-skimmed, etc.) and see if the results vary.

• Try using different liquids, like water or vinegar, instead of milk.

• Add a drop of oil to the milk before adding the food colouring. Observe how the oil affects the movement of the colours.

• Share your colourful creations on social media using #EdExpress!

This activity is a fun and engaging way to explore the science of surface tension and chemical reactions. Get ready for a mesmerizing display of colours and science!

JOKE
A giggle a day keeps the learning blues away!

Q: What's the difference between a cat and a comma?

A: One has claws at the end of its paws, and one is a pause at the end of a clause.

Ed - Your UK Home Education Companion

Keep exploring, keep learning, and keep having fun!

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