Jelly Bean Investigation and Research

5 senses:

Outside of the jellybean:
It feels hard, smooth, and rolly.
It looks like a bean and seed. It is oval. It looks like a chrysalis.
It sounds like bubbles and makes me giggle. If you knock them together they bump, bump.
It smells like strawberries, limes, and lemons.
It tastes sugary. First it is hard then chewy.

Inside of the jellybean:
It has no sound. It is not alive.
It feels sticky and gorss, like boogers.
It looks like a little toy or maybe dried glue.
It tastes like strawberries, lemons, and limes. It is chewy.
The flavor is inside. The jelly part is the strawberry flavor; the outside is just a color.


Descriptions:
My jellybeans taste like limes, strawberries, and lemons. They make me giggle when they bubble. Jellybeans are too sugary. When I chew them, the gel sticks in my teeth. I still think that the jellybeans can grow into a tree.

Research: (Mom helped with this.)
We don't really know when or where jelly beans were created. Most candy experts agree that the gel came from the Middle East, my aunt Becky is in the Middle East right now. The hard shell came from France. In 1861, the jelly bean was first introduced to Americans in Boston. Today there are lots of flavors. So maybe it can't grow a tree. We'll see.

KB Funnies (recorded by Emily)

KB mad about having to go to bed at 7:30:

"I am serious. "I am packing my suitcase and moving out. Actually, mom, you move out. I don't need a mom anymore. I am old enough to get what I want."

After fishing at the Akin's pond:

KB "caught 13 fish or maybe a 1000."

On a Sunday afternoon:

"I'm taking the second bus to New Jersey because I missed the first bus. I packed my toothbrush, Bible, water cups, more clothes, and white high heels. I'll be back in 2 weeks." (P.S. The treehouse is the New Jersey shoreline.)

One night I glance out the window and see KB sprinkling the firewood with a full jar of Emeril's Fish Rub. I open the back door and say, "K, whatcha doing?" KB looks at me like I should know that she is "seasoning the firewood." I nearly died laughing. That girl absolutely cracks me up.

KB's school was having a hat day accompanied by a hat competition among the teachers. Students where to vote on the teacher's hat they liked the best. The teacher that won would receive a paid day off. Ms. Molly's hat had a sign on it that said something to the effect "vote for Ms. Molly, so that I can have an extra day on my honeymoon." That afternoon, I asked KB, "Who did you vote for?"

She replied, "Ms. Alisha, her hat was pointy and Asian. I liked it the best."

I said, "Yep, her hat was cool."

"But I hope Ms. Molly wins so that she gets a longer honeymoon."

I asked, "Why didn't you vote for her if you want her to win?"

(uh, well, duh, mom) "We were supposed to vote for the hat we liked the best. And I liked Ms. Alisha's."

How's that for integrity!

KB Funnies (recorded by Emily)

"I am serious. "I am packing my suitcase and moving out. Actually, mom, you move out. I don't need a mom anymore. I am old enough to get what I want."

while fishing at the Akin's pond

KB "caught 13 fish or maybe a 1000."

On a Sunday afternoon:

"I'm taking the second bus to New Jersey because I missed the first bus. I packed my toothbrush, Bible, water cups, a change of clothes, and white high heels. I'll be back in 2 weeks. I LOVE THAT GIRL. (P.S. The treehouse is the New Jersey shoreline.)

Jelly Bean Tree Experiment

Observation of Jelly beans and Dahlia seeds

Jelly Beans: looks like a seed; oval; black, pink, yellow; hard; smooth; yummy

Dahlias: looks like a raindrop shape; grainy; greenish; hard; smooth; I'm gonna say they taste gross.

Hypothesis

Both the jellybeans and the dahlias will grow. The Dahlias will grow first.

Day 1:

1. Compare jelly beans and dahlias.

2. Plant in soil.

3. Water.

4. Place outside in sunshine.

Day 3

1. Water

Observation: no growth

Day 6

1. water

Observation: jelly bean no growth; Dahlia 1.5 cm growth

Day 8

1. water

Observation: jelly bean no growth; Dahlia 2 cm growth

Day 11

1. water

Observation: jelly bean no growth; Dahlia 3 cm growth

Day 12

Jelly bean investigation and research

Fishing with my Doc

I went fishing with my Mommy, Poppa, and Doc. We went to Marrowbone Lake in Nashville. I caught a fish. We got 2 boats. First I rode with Doc and caught a baby blue gill. Then I rode with Mommy and I fished and took a little nap. We used fishing rods and crickets to catch fish. It was good.