Check out the video!
It was with the idea of things exploding/ erupting that Mr. Russell and I combined our classes again to experience another science experiment!
This little experiment was very popular with the guys I knew in college. They would go into the parking lot and create Diet Coke rockets. Being as Mr. Russell was once a college guy, I naturally assumed that he was familiar with this activity. Since we didn't get to see a 'good' explosing yesterday, we figured we owed it to the kids today. Check it out!
Crazy Wacky Scientist
a.k.a. Mr. Russell
Click {HERE} or watch it below!
We did a few more, with the same results. As a group we discussed what would happen with larger bottles of Diet Coke, what would happen if we added more Mentos, what would happen if we added resistance (in the form of a bottle top), and we tested them all!
Here we added resistance.
Here we added 2 Mentos instead of 1.
Last, but not least, we used the last 2-liter of Diet Coke and added 5 Mentos. This was what we were waiting for!
When I got home today and told my husband what we did today his words were, "I wish you had told me what you were going to do, I could have built you a rocket!"
I had completely forgotten that he had been one of those college guys in the parking lot so many years ago! That and the fact that he's a mechanical engineer makes him the perfect man to build my class the rocket we've been waiting for. Just wait, kids! Our day of rockets will come soon!
On to a different topic- Verbs.
During small groups, the students at their tables were given a fun assignment- cut and paste!
Each student was given a magazine or school supply catalog (the ones we teachers get every week and usually throw away) and was told to find pictures of people, cut them out, paste them to construction paper, and use verbs to tell what the person is doing. Fun was had by all!
Of course, before doing this activity, my students insisted on singing the Verb Rap- complete with watching the VIDEO.
Rewards Plus pictures- for students who earned a treat with their good behavior all week. My students voted and chose to do games and such with their well deserved free time.
The first soldier wanted to be my helper, so I found some little things for her to do. The fellas just want recognition for being awesome. :)
This soldier decided that her time would be better spent practicing her vocabulary cards from her reading group. Well done!
All this excitement, along with spelling and math tests, made me exhausted. Good night!
**Don't forget to check back tomorrow to see our next Celebrity Reader!**
Our Daily Brain
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