Today we learned about positive and negative buoyancy. In the Story of Ping, the boy floated in the water from being tied to a barell. The kids found this interesting. So off we went to do our own experiment.
First they talked about all the objects and predicted the outcome of each. Then they took turns testing each item and talked about their findings and why they were right or wrong with their predictions. Matthew was pretty good at predicting what would happen. The block threw them both off though.
After our experiment Shelby thought it would be a great idea to recycle the water and use it to water our garden. YES!!! So they took the water and watered the plants. They also had collected some water in their cans since it rained last night and used that water as well. I love that they are recognizing "green" opportunities on their own. They are much better at it than I am.
Shelby writing the findings next to the predictions.
Matthew testing the rubber band.
We then continued with our study of China and created Dancing Dragons (that they had me hang from the ceiling). These dragons are used to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Creating their Chinese Dancing Dragons
Shelby's
Matthew's
If time allows we will wrap up our Story of Ping unit tomorrow and create our lap book on Friday. I hope we can wrap up China on Friday so that we can move on to Japan after our week off next week. The kids can't wait for Champs Camp!
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