This last week I used the theme of snowmen which was a great way to integrate the three states of matter. At first I wasn't sure if we would even have snow this week and we ended up with an abundance plus some extremely frigid weather.
Books:
The Sneezy Snowman by Maureen Wright
Sneezy doesn't like being so cold so he tries to get warmer. Of course he melts! Then they build him again! This was a great way to integrate the solid and liquid!
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
A great classic. Peter spends time outside and decides to bring a snowball in the house and keep it in his pocket. He soons learns that snowballs - melt!
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro
Now this story doesn't have any melting but building of a snowman! After we read the story we brought in some of our wonderful cold snow!
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?
Wow - this snow is cold!
We got some gloves and tried to build the base. The snow wasn't packing snow. So we added some water from a water bottle and it helped a bit.
Earlier this week we discussed and wrote the process on How to build a snowman.
Next we built the middle of the snowman.
Our head is looking a bit sad but it's there.
We added in some buttons, scarf and arms. We discussed what state of matter it is and what properties made it a solid. The snowman had a shape. This is a soft solid.
We then discussed what would be the next state of matter if the snowman melted and what do we need to make a change in the matter.
We needed a heat source. I turned on the skillet to 400 degrees.
It started melting right away and then started boiling
Kids starting saying,"Poor Snowman!"
He's now was a liquid! The water took the shape of the container.
Can you see the steam? The kids caught on to this right away and told me it was a gas! Wow I have a smart class!
Good bye Mr. Snowman! It only took about 15 minutes and he was all gone! What happened to him? Let's build him again!
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