They learned about some of the properties of water through a number of experiments. They witnessed capillary action by drawing dots on paper towers with markers, and watching the color travel up the towel. Another example of this was colored water traveling through a stalk of celery or a flower. They explored cohesion, surface tension and adhesion. One activity asked them to see how many drops of water they could place on a penny before it overflowed. Numbers reached into the thirties!! They also had to maneuver a drop of water through a course covered in wax paper, and see how many paper clips they could float on water. It was a great combination of fun and learning!
The subject of the 4 Winds’ class this month was water. Students learned about how little fresh water we have on this planet, and the importance of protecting this valuable resource. As usual, activities were done prior to the 4 Winds class, so that students had some background information beforehand. They learned about the water cycle and lots of “tion” words - evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration. Students also heard about a drop of water traveling around the world through a story, as well as the puppet show. Then they were each given a location to start as a drop of water, and they created their own amazing drawings of where their drop of water would travel. They learned about some of the properties of water through a number of experiments. They witnessed capillary action by drawing dots on paper towers with markers, and watching the color travel up the towel. Another example of this was colored water traveling through a stalk of celery or a flower. They explored cohesion, surface tension and adhesion. One activity asked them to see how many drops of water they could place on a penny before it overflowed. Numbers reached into the thirties!! They also had to maneuver a drop of water through a course covered in wax paper, and see how many paper clips they could float on water. It was a great combination of fun and learning!
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