Science in the Prep Neighborhood!

Last week,  the Prep Neighbourhood had an introduction to science workshop. We discussed what they thought science was.

"I think it is experiments" "Making potions" "Wearing a white coat" "Making things"

We went on a walk outside in the courtyard and came up with some wonderings about the world.

• What is the dirt made of?
• How does our body work?
• How do trees grow?

We had a conversation about how things exist in the world as either solids, liquid or gases. They came up with different ideas of what they thought liquids, solids and gases were.

Last week we discussed how water can exist in 3 forms and depending on what you do to it, it can change it's state.



This week in our Science workshop, the Preps made a Lava Lamp for each homegroup. We watched 'Silvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show' and then we did a shared writing experience - their first procedural text! We recorded it and checked to make sure it was correct.

 

Then the fun part - the experiment!