From dancing raisins to exploring the great outdoors, young scientists at Jefferson and Stettin were hard at work during our Science time together. First and Second graders listened to the book What is Science, shared what science means to them in pictures and explored the world around them. Whether it be shells or pond water they certainly were excited to discover.
Our older scientists conducted their first experiment. We learned the scientific process as well. We learned we need to always ask a "big question" so that we know what we want to answer during our experiment. This week we asked the "big question": what will happen when raisins are dropped in a cup of Sierra Mist? We formed a hypothesis: from it will explode to it will sink or float, we even predicted it might be confused. We then conducted our experiment to find that CO2 molecules in the soda, attach to the raisins causing the raisin to be less dense than soda bringing the raisin to the top until the bubbles pop, causing the raisin to sink again. We drew a picture and labeled what we saw as well as recorded our findings. We discussed how scientist must always take careful notes and even draw diagrams to help process their findings.
Next week, we start our first units for quarter one. I am looking forward to working with my young scientists as they discover that Science is all around them.
