Kindergarten Scientists

Science is one of those wonderful subjects that brings excitement, suspense, wonder and joy to young children. It's also one of those subjects that reinforces the curricular standards and skills of other content areas. Science in Kindergarten usually begins with something that we are wondering about. We ask a question and it's our job to work together as a team to find an answer. Posing questions ("I wonder...") and talking about what we notice(d) are skills we practice a lot in the world of Kindergarten. 

During Writers' Workshop, we often share out about our plans for our stories before we set off to our tables. We also usually come back together at the end of the workshop to celebrate what went well and to question what could maybe go better tomorrow. This week, a child had shared his story about a trip to Legoland where there was a pool filled with floating legos. The children were intrigued by this and really wanted to put our legos into the water to see if they would float while we built too. Each child got to choose their own lego, describe its shape, make a prediction about what might happen, and record their observations both verbally to friends and in their science notebooks. We were able to discover that only some legos float. We were all able to agree that we would like to visit that pool!

Testing the Waters...

Our Results: Some legos float, some legos sink!

We love our morning ease in time! We have fun laughing, learning and playing together!

We filled our school beehive and got to celebrate Tie Day!

During Forest Friday this week, we took advantage of the VERY windy weather and decided to experiment with the force of the wind. We discovered that kites fly best when someone pulls down on the string, while the wind pushes the kite in the opposite direction. We also learned that kites get stuck in trees if you fly the kite too close to them!

We did a science experiment to test out different objects and see which ones the force of the wind was able to push and blow away. Here is what we discovered:

We found out that these items will blow away with the force of the wind: 

Scarf

Ball

Paper Plate

Beanie Baby

Napkin

Toilet Paper Roll

A Big Block (Positioned vertically)

Paper

These items would not be pushed down or away by the wind:

Lego

Magic Wand

Small Block

Dinosaur

Small Squishy Football

Apple

Tractor

Rock

Train

I can't wait to see what we will wonder about and discover this week!