This week is full of fun science experiments! The students got to play with and explore, what they called, "water marbles." They about the size of a bb pellet. When you put them in water, they expand and become the size of a marble. You may see them in the stores and used with flowers. Once the beads soak up the water, they go in a plastic vase and release water for the flowers. I found them at Dollar Tree in Van Wert. The students were in awe and loved playing with them. They were very curious about how they soaked up the water and grew bigger. There were lots of questions and some great vocabulary words were used to describe what they felt. They also learned they had to be very careful because the filled marbles break very easily.
To end our unit on the pumpkin life cycle, we carved a jack-o-lantern and I let the students scoop out the insides! This lead to another great discussion about pumpkins, seeds, what the inside of a pumpkin felt like, and putting the steps in order when you carve a jack-o-lantern.
The finished masterpiece! :)
The students were also VERY excited that our pumpkin seeds sprouted over the weekend! They are becoming quite the little scientists! They love observing the pumpkin and reporting to me how much the plants have grown since the last day they were at school! :)
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