This week we talked about snow and snowflakes and today we conducted an experiment using artificial snow (the just-add-water kind).
First the children looked at the white matter in their cups and used describing words to tell about it. Together, we wrote these words on chart paper.
Then students added a bit of water to their cups and watched the magic happen! As the matter absorbs thewater, it GROWS to
"soft and squishy".
We made another column on our chart paper and again recorded our observations of the matter.
After a great discussion about the way the matter had changed, children recorded their findings in their writing notebooks.
Some wrote down the steps we followed in the experiment and others wrote some good adjectives describing the process. Being a scientist is FUN and hard work!
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