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Summer Vacation Teaching with Quilted Northern

This post is part of my continued partnership as a brand ambassador for Quilted Northern.

Playing in the Sand

At the end of May we were blessed to find ourselves once again back at the beach on our annual family vacation. I don’t know about you, but for us, everything is more fun at the beach! We spent a lot of time splashing in the water, hunting for shells, and playing tag.

Just because we were on vacation and school is out for summer, that doesn’t mean we didn’t try to find (or create) teaching opportunities for the girls. We made an effort to point out the different birds, sea life, and even flowers and trees we saw while we were in Florida. Coming indoors, the learning opportunities didn’t end, they had only just begun.

Inspired by the Emily’s Experiment video, we decided to try an experiment and have a physics lesson of our own. In the video, Emily tests out the strength of Quilted Northern Ultra Plush by placing various objects on the outstretched toilet paper to see how it holds up. I’ve already told you how Quilted Northern is my unusual vacation must have and how we’ve all fallen in love with how super soft and absorbent Quilted Northern Ultra Plush is, but we were even more impressed by how strong it is too.

Quilted Northern Frisbee Test
Quilted Northern Water Toy Airplane Experiment

Since we were at the beach and had a limited supply of objects to use, Cakes helped us by finding some beach themed items we could use. Quilted Northern Ultra Plush never broke under the weight of every object we tried testing on it including an airplane beach toy, fully inflated beach ball, frisbee, or stuffed animal. In fact, even with all the stretching, prodding, and weight from these various objects we used the same span of Quilted Northern for the entire experiment!

Beach Ball Experiment
Quilted Northern Sea Lion Test with Helpers

How’s that for a fun teaching opportunity on vacation? Have you ever used toilet paper for an experiment?

Katie

Monday 4th of August 2014

Love the cute little seal! I can't say we've ever used toilet paper for much other than... well, its intended use!

Penelope

Tuesday 17th of June 2014

I never used toilet paper for an experiment, but it comes in handy for crafts…and yay for always learning :) I'll try this with my boys.

Kelly @ A Girl Worth Saving

Monday 16th of June 2014

What a great idea. Fun + Toilet paper + Science is probably the best recipe for a good time in my opinion. I had no idea Quilted Northern was so stretchy!

Heather {Brie Brie Blooms}

Sunday 15th of June 2014

What a fun family science lesson! We have so many objects at home that would be perfect for this experiment! Great idea in the classroom too!

Jennifer H

Sunday 15th of June 2014

For a baby shower game, but not for kids education, although that's a neat idea!