Saturday, October 3, 2009

Rice Experiment - What did you observe?

Towards the end of August, I outlined the method for conducting a rice experiment:
  1. Get 2 or 3 small glass jars with lids.
  2. Fill them with cooked rice and put on the lids.
  3. Set them in a common area (e.g., kitchen).
  4. Several times a day - or whenever you think of it - say "Thank you" to one jar, "You fool!" to another and, if you've chosen 3 jars, pointedly ignore the third.
  5. If anyone else in your home is interested, let them know what you're doing and invite them to participate.
  6. Continue the experiment for 3-4 weeks.
Next week I'll tell you what I observed the three times I did this.

But for now: If you tried this experiment, share your results with us! Just write your comment in the box below this post.

1 comment:

Cristina said...

I did the rice experiment for three weeks. My sons and their friends were intrigued as well. The end result: the "thank you" jar only had a small amount of mold; the "you fool" had gross mold happening; the "ignore" was there. I can relate this to my childhood, very moldy. In raising my two sons, I'm trying to apply the "thank you" jar. I'm also using this on me.

Cristina