Go Texan Day!

What a treat to see some Trail Riders make their way into town!

The Great Melting Race

What can we do to get the ice, a solid, to turn into a liquid ( melt) first? Let's talk about our stategy! Let's work together! What if we...?

Ok, what if we hold it?

The kids worked in 4 teams and raced against the other teams to see which one would get the ice to melt the fastest! Two groups finished neck in neck, just 30 seconds separated them. They took turns rubbing the bags of ice, holding them up to the sunshine ("so the heat would melt it"), and even put the bags under their shirts since their "bodies are hot." It was a lot of fun as they realized that rubbing the bags between their hands worked pretty well.

Huffs and Puffs

How many puffs does it take to blow the paperback book across the table?
It won't move!

How many puffs does it take to blow a pencil across the table? or a clothespin? or a small yarn ball? The children first predicted how many puffs it would take to blow the items off the tables then they huffed and puffed and recorded the actual number of puffs on their observation sheets.

Dice sums & Base-10 Exchange

Lots of playing and learning! We've been playing lots ... lots of math games that is! The kids sharpened their addition skills by rolling a pair of dice and adding the numbers. They then recorded the data and created a bar graph of the sums they rolled. A second game they played is Base-10 Exchange. The first team to get to 100, based on the roll of a die and exchanging ones for 10s, is the winning team!

Automatic Balloon Blower

We came up with a new way of blowing up balloons, presenting the Automatic Balloon Blower! Everyone had a blast as they mixed a solid (baking powder) with a liquid (vinegar) and created gas to blow up the balloon. It's all about MATTER in this planner and it has been a blast so far.