This week students returned from holiday break and it was so great to see them again! During our short school week we did fun investigative activities to discover some cool cause and effect relationships. We learned how to turn Coke clear using milk, how to create moving color art using milk, food coloring, and dish detergent, as well as discovered that the iron in our food is the same you would find in metal objects! We moved cereal flakes with a strong magnet (this also worked with a $1 bill). We blended cereal with water then stirred it with a plastic spoon while holding our magnet to the outside of the plastic cup. It collected iron from the cereal and we could move it around. The students were amazed! We also took that collected iron and placed it on our finger and watched it jump from our fingertips to the magnet. Lastly, we microwaved Ivory soap to see its reaction. After it cooled we turned it into realistic looking snow and created winter scene art. It was a fun return to the classroom.
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