We did our first part of our sinking wood experiments today. I am SO lucky to have two parent helpers on Wednesday afternoons for science, it makes everything so much smoother. Today I introduced the concept of different types of wood. We went around the room and chose 3 different types and I explained how they were different. Then the class got to experiment to see how many paperclips it takes to sink a piece of wood. Later on, we will experiment with how many paperclips it takes to sink each individual type of wood and talk about heavy vs. light wood.
After doing the experiment, we did scientific drawings of our materials and us doing the experiment.
If they got finished early, they were able to go around the room and find objects that were made out of wood. They totally surprised me with the little things they were finding and the amount of detail and work they put into their lists!
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