By the end of the day the water was frozen, and they were eager to tell the class about their experiment. This motivated others to try recreating this experiment on Thursday, and even try adapting it. One child took a small container of water and added ice cubes to it before putting it in the freezer. This made her ice "bumpy" but it froze more quickly than the other containers.
I had to take advantage of all of this enthusiasm for experimenting and today we did a whole class one, testing to see if the amount of water in containers will affect how quickly it freezes. The students made their predictions:
- "The water will turn into ice"
- "The big one (container) won't ice"
- "The big one will take a longer time to be cold"
- "The big one, the top will be frozen but it will take more time for under"
- "The big one, with the water, it will grow to the top" -perhaps this student already knows that water expands as it freezes!
- "Don't put too much water in the little one"
We checked throughout the day, and the students made their observations. Maybe you might want to try some water and ice experiments at home and let me know what your conclusions are!
Reminders:
As we go into the last week before term break, the students are starting to show signs of fatigue: little things are starting to upset them, and maintaining self-control is harder... You may want to think about taking advantage of early pick-up this week.
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| Today's tally |
Some Learning Journals went home today; others will be going home next week. The K1 team hopes that through frequent sharing of these journals, combined with blog entries and video sharing, you will have a clear idea of what your child has been working on at school and that it will help to foster discussions at home.
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