Blackberry picking is a physics lesson

Yesterday we went to pick blackberries by the river behind our house. It was going to be a hot day and thought we should get outside before the weather turned hot. On the way home, with baskets of berries, Connor asked why things would stay in a basket if you swung it upside down. We talked about centrifugal force and both boys spent the walk home swinging their baskets in full circles to see if the berries would fall out. Who says kids don't learn without a school setting?