THUNDERCAKE

During our study on severe weather we have been studying thunder and lightning.  We also read the story THUNDERCAKE by Patricia Polacco.  The kids were all hoping to try THUNDERCAKE so Mrs. Violett graciously made THUNDERCAKE cupcakes for us to enjoy!

                    

The kids LOVED them!   Thank you so much Mrs. Violett!!!!

Is it a solid or is it a liquid?

Today we visited the Wonder Room to continuing exploring solids and liquids.  While in there, we combined corn starch, food coloring and water.   Below you will find pictures of our experiment.

Be sure to ask your child what they discovered!

I Wonder

Today we were able to visit the Womder Room.  We used this time to explore the properties of liquids.  We learned that liquids pour, liquids take the shape of their containers, and that some liquids will not mix.

To learn these things we performed two experiments.  In the first, students were shown the following containers.

They were asked which container had the most, which had the least and which had the same amount. They had to explain their reasoning behind their answer.  Then we measure the amount in each container.  See the video below to see what they discovered!  

                              http://youtu.be/LmYDUdeX4is

The next experiment was to see if liquids would mix.  We used oil, water, and syrup.  The students poured the liquids and then took turns stirring until they thought everything was mixed.

However, see the picture below to find out what they found.

The liquids did not mix!   The students came to the conclusion that the syrup was heaviest and the oil was the lightest.