Candy Heart Experiment!

We had a lot of fun completing our candy heart experiment! We had three liquids (water, soda, and vinegar) and we explored what happened to the candy when they went into the different types of liquid. 

We realized that we could use our senses (like smell and touch) to differentiate the liquids even those they all looked the same. We noticed that water is clear and has no odor, soda has no odor but has bubbles if you touch it, and vinegar has a strong odor (one student compared it to laundry detergent).  

 What we learned: The type of liquid matters when dissolving candy. Vinegar is the best at dissolving the candy hearts because it is an acidic liquid. Since vinegar is acidic, it dissolved the candy faster than the soda (a sugary drink) and water. 

Mazes

For our inquiry this week, we have been exploring mazes! Some students started our inquiry off with creating a maze at the light table. 

From there, the idea of creating mazes took off in our class and our students wanted to make all different kinds of mazes. We made connections to the 3-D shapes we have been exploring in math. 

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is soon approaching! I’m sure many of your children are very excited. In kindergarten, not all our students are capable of writing out the names on cards to each individual peer in our classroom. To make Valentine’s Day inclusive to all our students, if you are sending in Valentine’s Day cards, please have your child write out their names only (please do not address to who the card is for). We will be having a party that day.

**We have 31 students in our class**