Weekly Reflection: September 12

Reporters: Max and Aidan       Photographer: Grant

We are doing science experiments with solids, liquids, and gases.

Experiments: 

We learned in class about solids, liquids, and gases. We did this by having different balloons  with different substances in them such as: rice, dish soap, carbon dioxide, flour, and water. First we felt the different balloons and wrote our observations. Then each of us cut the balloons and poured the substance inside the balloon into different bowls. Then we described what the substance looked like and wrote our observations.Then we did some experiments to see how solids, liquids, and gases acted.  For example, we used the syringes to experiment with how they come out differently when you put your finger over the top and when you don't. We also talked about which substance was a solid, liquid, and gas.

Listening to Sounds: 

During Writing, we went outside and we were going to listen to sounds. We would be quiet for five minutes and we were going to write what we heard outside such as a lawn mower, cars, cicadas, etc. After the five minutes were up we discussed what we wrote. Then we wrote about a sound that we heard.  We learned that adding sound to our writing helps the reader understand our stories better.