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Water & Air Week |
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This week's theme was water and air, and we had fun with it. We did all kinds of scientific things. First of all, we learned that scientists call water H2O. Next, we learned that water can be found in 3 forms...a solid (ice), a liquid (We called that drippy water.), and a gas (clouds). Then we did all sorts of experiments to find out what sinks and floats in water, that air is lighter than water (that's why bubbles always go up), water has surface tension, water magnifies things, that water level goes up when you put things into it, water evaporates, and water condenses. We call this the water cycle.
 We've all heard it before, "Don't blow bubbles in your milk. You're going to make a mess!" Well in kindergarten, it's okay to make a little mess once in awhile. We mixed paint, soap, and water with a whole bunch of air for this painting project! We will be using our bubble paintings for a background for next week's art project. Make sure that you check out our site next week for the cool artwork. |
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| Below are pictures of some of our experiments. Because scientists always make a hypothesis before their experiments (and we are scientists!), we made a lot of hypotheses. Some are included below. We celebrated if we were correct and if we weren't, we learned to say, "I learned something today". | |
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What will happen to the water in the jar with the lid? Some of our hypotheses… The liquid will stay the same. It will evaporate through cracks by the lid. The water will evaporate onto the lid. What will happen to the water in the jar with no lid? Some of our hypotheses… All the water will evaporate. A little water will evaporate. The water will stay the same. It will make a puddle in our room after it evaporates.
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 You can see the line on the left jar that marked our water level on Monday. As you can see, it has dropped a little. We are going to keep our experiment going for a couple of weeks to see if the results change. |
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Here's a picture of condensation. We boiled water in a tea kettle and caught the steam in a jar. As it cooled, it turned from a gas to a liquid. |
 We experimented with different items to see whether they would sink or float in water. |
 Can you guess which group sunk and which group floated? |
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We put drops of water on different
coins. First, we predicted how many drops would fit on a penny. Here
are our predictions. Tyler...10 The penny actually held 33 drops of water!! |
 Do you see the bubble of water on the penny? Scientists call this surface tension...we just called it water with 'skin' holding it together! |
 We discovered that water magnifies things when you look through it. |
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