A Spectacular Day for Learning Science

We had so much fun. We first collaborated with classmates to identify the 3 states of matter, the characteristics that define them, and examples of each. Then we made Jello. We discovered that Jello disappears in water, but in the language of scientists it really "dissolves". And in the language of scientists, steam is called "water vapor". We predicted that the Jello would change from a liquid to a solid if we chilled it. We were correct. Then we had to use Mama's rule to split our pieces of Jello with our partners. One child cut, the partner picked their piece, and nobody argued. Math and science are so much fun.