Almond Oil and Charcoal

      This was another experiment from our science curriculum.  (I try to always do the experiments!)  If you light a nut on fire, it will keep burning because of all the oil in it.  These burned a minute or longer.  As always, I cautioned them to be careful and not to do this at home.

 
And, when your almond is done burning, it makes a good                                                                        charcoal pencil.