Week in Review 12/16/19

Gingerbread - Wet and Dry

This week we had fun exploring wet and dry!  We discussed how things change when they get wet.  We explored sand dry and then wet.  The students described how each felt.  (Science Practices: Seeks answers and discusses evidence related to their own questions and observations.)

It was so much fun making gingerbread!  We talked all about how the mix changed after adding water and butter.  It became hard to stir and very sticky!

 

We then explored cornstarch and water!  Morning class will participate in this activity after the break.  Blame it on the weather :)

During centers we explored sand using various sized scoops (Measurement: comparing 2 objects by size using words for different measurement attributes)

We decorated gingerbread people using puffy paint (Appreciation and Engagements in the arts: Purposefully creates artwork and communication about art)

We had fun trying to build gingerbread hoses using various items like cups, paper, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, and slide/connect blocks (Cognitive Flexibility: Tries a new strategy when first strategy is not successful at solving a problem)