Sunday, December 21, 2008

They Plowed Just So That It Might Snow Again

Snow Day Lab

Hypothesis: Putting a wooden spoon under my pillow will cause it to snow.

Materials:
  • Bed
  • Pillow
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Weather
  • Human

Procedure:
  1. Place a wooden spoon under your pillow before going to sleep on a winter's night. Time: 12:00a.m.
  2. Wait.

Variables to Consider:
On the first night, inside-out pjs were also worn.

Control:
All of the other nights this winter where no wooden spoon was placed under said pillow, no snow resulted.

Results:
The snow took longer than I expected to start. Although the spoon was placed under the pillow at midnight, it did not start snowing for a full 13 hours later. With such a delayed start time, it can be hard to determine causation. However, the spoon has stayed in place since Thursday night, and the snow has not stopped.

Conclusion:
All school children should do this again tonight.

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