Thursday, January 30, 2014

Scientific Inquiries

Yesterday, we decided to create an habitat for our Artic animals.  During recess, the children collected snow and blocks of ice to put in our Active World table.  Preston found a piece of ice too big to use in our habitat.  We decided to put the block of ice in the water table and estimate how many days it would take for the ice to melt. To our surprise, the block of ice had turned into water by the morning. We talked about what will happen to the Artic animals, especially the bear, if the Artic ice continues to melt. 
We put the block of ice in the water table.

The children are writing down their estimation.


We estimated how many days it would take for the ice to melt.

Alessa brought a small piece of ice this morning.  She estimated that it would take 4 days for her ice to melt and Giuliana thought that it would take one day. The ice had melted by the afternoon.




James has been observing a popcorn kenel since Monday.  He wants to find out if the kenel will break in water.



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