So, during our hands-on week is a built-in day for a field trip. We turned one day into our science day. The kids started out the day creating floods in a bottle. They collected dirt, rocks, leaves, vines, berries and other items in nature and shoved them into a water bottle. They shook them up and then left the bottles' contents to settle over the course of two days. Then we went on a field trip to the Oakford Winery.
What does this have to do with Creation and the Flood, you may wonder? Well, Noah established the very first vineyard. Of course, he even used the grapes to make wine.
We learned about the process of planting, harvesting and pressing grapes to make wine. The owners kindly gave the kids a tour of the distillery. It was pretty interesting. And then they went out to the vineyard to observe.
It's pretty amazing the amount of grapes that can grow in a small area! We learned that the big barrel where the juice is squeezed from the grape can hold four tons of grapes!!
The kids all carefully squeezed a grape from a bunch that had fallen to the ground to see what it felt like and how much juice was inside the small fruit.
Two days later, we took a look at the bottles. What we observe is cavitation, the interaction of water and air that has the consequence of forces on dirt, rocks, leaves and such. Rapid pressure changes can create cavities and voids. The idea is that perhaps the Flood is scientifically responsible for the creation of topography like the Grand Canyon. It was clear that the dirt and other elements did not settle symmetrically. The contents were seemingly random. There were little hills and divots in the dirt, rather than a flat line of dirt settled across the bottom. The greenery was quite random. The water became purple from berries that were put inside and would likely "stain" some nearby rocks, etc. What do you think?
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