Over the past two weeks our class has been learning about matter. The students have had a lot of fun reading, researching, and investigation the three forms. These are a couple of activities that we did...
The Disappearing Snowman
I made this guy over the weekend and had him up and put together when the students came in Monday morning. They were given a research sheet and recorded the changes that took place throughout the day.
8:00 A.M
11:00 A.M
1:30 P.M
The Next Day
(We put what was left of our snowman outside and marked the water line on the container. We checked it over the next few days and noticed that the level was going down. The students were able to infer that the water was evaporating.)
Oobleck!!!
After our science test we decided to have a little (messy!) fun. My wonderful H.S. aide mixed up an extra large batch of oobleck while the kids were at special area. She then portioned it out into cups so that every student would have their own. That afternoon, I pulled groups to my table to explore the mystery substance. All the kids predicted that it was a liquid when they were given their cup. When they touched it though, it was hard. Most of the class then changed their mind and said it was a solid. This is what happened when they actually dug in and started investigating. They begged me to put the recipe on here so that they could make it at home, so....here it is!
Oobleck Recipe
2 cups of cornstarch
1 cup of water
food coloring
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