SCIENCE FUN with Teacher Rosemary!!
What a fun way to bring in New Year 2017 by introducing and engaging my friends in some of my favorite science experiments.
Our first experiment was called the "Walking Water" experiment where water walked to form a rainbow. There's no better way for preschool scientists to learn about capillary action and color mixing than by observing a walking water rainbow.
We put colored water in each jar, then built "bridges" of paper towels between each jar to watch the capillary action do its thing.
We visited back later to check in and see...
In our second experiment, we created colorful rain clouds and learned how rain is formed. My friends learned that when water droplets evaporate and continue to collect in a cloud, they get heavier. When they get too heavy to float on the air, water droplets will fall to the ground as rain!
Our final experiment was not only fun...but so beautiful in color! Candy science! My friends were working in groups of 4 to create a circle of Skittle candies on a paper plate. When the circle was completed, warm water was poured onto center of plate...creating a beautiful array of colors as the colorful candies dissolved.
It's such a joy to observe my friends as they get excited, learn, engage in conversation, and make their own predictions. We love science!
--Teacher Rosemary
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