Last week we read The Gingerbread Man and wondered what would really happen if the Gingerbread Man got wet... so we took gingerbread cookies and put them in water to see what would happen. The children were all excited to see how the gingerbread got mushy and started to break apart. We then talked about how we could have helped the Gingerbread Man to cross the water without getting wet...so we had a building challenge where the students worked on building their own bridges, boats, rafts and ladders for the Gingerbread Man. Great work everyone!
Monday, 22 January 2018
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Candy Cane Experiment
Today the students really seemed to enjoy mixing candy canes with water in one dish and then with a pop in the other dish to see what would happen. The children came up with some great ideas about what they thought would happen...
“The colours will go into the water”
“The pop will be stinky”
“The candy canes will explode”
“The candy canes will turn brown”
“The candy canes will melt away”
“The wAter will change colour”
After mixing the candy canes in the liquid, the students worked on a drawing of what they thought would happen to the candy canes. Great work everyone!
When we came back from lunch we were excited to see that the candy canes in both dishes had completely disappeared.
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Experimenting with Melting
Welcome back and Happy New Year! The children were very excited to have so much snow to play with the last few days. One student loved the snow so much that he tried to bring a snowball home in his backpack... this prompted a class discussion about how long we thought it would take for the snowball to melt. We also experimented with painting snow in a bucket, by mixing various paint colours together to see what would happen. When the children were finished painting and exploring the snow, we placed the bucket of snow in the freezer overnight so it would be nice and cold. The next afternoon we took it out of the freezer and left it out overnight to see if it would melt by the next morning. The children were excited to come to class to find that the bucket of painted snow was now a bucket of dirty water. Great exploring everyone!
Friday, 22 December 2017
PJ Day
What a great last day before the Christmas break! We had a dance party in the gym, watched a movie, had popcorn, and sorted ourselves into pj colour groups. Great work today everyone!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thursday, 21 December 2017
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