Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday must have been tiring, because I didn't realize until this morning that I forgot to blog at the end of the day! The room was had a special buzz that comes with an exciting holiday. However, we were able to save our Valentine's Day celebrations until the end of the day!

First thing in the morning, I introduced an experiment that involved 3 chunks of ice. I placed one in an empty bowl, one in a bowl with salt, and one in a bowl with baking soda. Students had to predict which chunk of ice would melt the fastest! We kept checking on the experiment throughout the day and learnt that the ice in the salt was melting the quickest (they still weren't entirely melted by the end of the school day).

We read a few Valentine's Day themed books throughout the day. I can't 100% guarantee that these are the titles, but it was something like Our Favourite Things About Valentine's Day, Valentine's Cats, and On Valentine's Day.

For a big chunk of the morning we were busy making love butterflies! It was a process that took a lot longer than I thought. Student's coloured different sizes of hearts and a large popsicle stick. They also glued the hearts together and chose their colour of pipe cleaner for antennae. I used a hot glue gun to attach the pipe cleaner and popsicle stick. Here's the result:

 

We also engaged in another experiment. This time students were given two Hershey's kiss chocolates. They had to predict what would happen to the chocolate that was held in an open hand and a closed hand. They held the chocolates while I read one of the Valentine's stories. Then we checked on our predictions, recorded what they learnt, and if they had any other questions.

 

 

Next, we brainstormed everything that we know about heat, including sources of heat.

Then, students had to record three different sources of heat on their own individual papers.

 

 

As mentioned, we had a special celebration at the end of the day. Students received a special afternoon snack~ fruit platter and iced sugar cookies. Then, they exchanged/received Valentine's from one another and myself. To extend our science fun, I gave them each glow sticks and glow bracelets. So, we also got to explore light some more!

 

Experimenting with glow sticks!

 

Now we have a week break before us. Look who gets to spend some time with me!

 

Chester and I wish everyone a restful and joyful holiday!