We started science this morning with the question; "Which earth material will absorb water the best?" Using the scientific model for experiments (because we are scientists😉) first we made a prediction about the earth material (clay, gravel, sand or soil) we thought would absorb water the best. Everyone wrote in their notebooks a prediction and voted on the class chart. Soil was the winner during predictions. Ask your child which earth element they predicted. We used inverted water bottles and put each earth material into the neck of the water bottle and added 1/2 cup of water. We watched all the water pour right through the gravel, the sand immediately went through before the water was even added, the soil didn't have room to hold the 1/2 cup and the clay held all the water added to it. It was great fun and we learned a lot. We will finish up our scientific writing of our results tomorrow.
If there are any geologists out there who would consider answering a few of our questions about rocks and soil we would love to have you as a guest in our classroom.
We shopped at the book fair for some new reading material. Book fair will be open Thursday night and Friday morning during interview time so be prepared - some of us have wish lists!
Book orders due tomorrow
Fun Lunch order due Monday
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