A solution is a type of mixture that is homogeneous...same throughout...
It is the best mixture between two or more substances...can be separated...
Solutions are made up of a solute and a solvent. Solvent does the dissolving the solute is lesser it is the substance gets dissolved... Let's sing it kids...
Great way to start the best way to remember vocabulary...let's sing and take notes!
Here is a link to a sheet I made reviewing the song and an experiment separating a mixture with a screen, filter, and evaporation. FOSS friendly! Mixtures and Solutions Sheet. Another FREEBIE for you!
This is a great way to remember solute...solvent...the three ways we separate a mixture...screen...filter...evaporation. FOSS review for you! And a song to wrap it all up in a bow!
Who doesn't love the story of the gingerbread man? I even love gingerbread! This seems to be the week for a lot of different classrooms tying that sassy little runaway into our classrooms. I am one of those teachers.
I personally love to read the story and change my voice. So, this is the version I have been using...
Here is the plan...
Kinders= gingerbread sink and float 1st graders= Build a trap to catch the Gingerbread man 2nd graders= Gingerbread Solids and Liquids 3rd graders= Gingerbread Water Lesson...Engineering a Boat 4th graders= Gingerbread bone connections 5th graders= Christmas Stations This is my newest addition to my week before Christmas fun! I am using this with my 3rd graders!
I also am using this kit with my classroom teachers. I gave them a copy that they could use...K-2.
We have one more week of school...people. One more and then...TWO WEEKS OFF! That...my friends is much needed! This week...in the Science School Yard...Gingerbread! Almost each grade level in some capacity.
Kinders= gingerbread sink and float
1st graders= Build a trap to catch the Gingerbread man
2nd graders= Gingerbread Solids and Liquids
3rd graders= Gingerbread Water Lesson...Engineering a Boat
4th graders= Gingerbread bone connections
5th graders= Christmas Stations
So here's the scoop... with a fun linky with the Teaching Trio.
I am using my Gingerbread Post FREEBIE, Gingerbread STEM Pack and Christmas Holiday StationsWinter/Christmas Stations for all of my classes. So here is the scoop...I am so glad for TPT it has made me more creative and my kids love science! HOHOHO...Merry Christmas...blogger friends.
This week, I used two great picture books to tie in science and engineering...and presto...bammo...
two new freebies for you! I read the book, set the mood and tone of the project...even went on a coaster ride with kiddos...both projects were FAB...U...LOUS! Check out my Science School Yard TPT Store for both sets today!
In the meantime...check them out in action!
They are on a roller coaster ride...once done they saw the ride as a bystander...one little asked..."Is that us on there?"
Roller coasters go up, down, fast, and change directions!
Our art teacher made these last week and we both read the story! What a cool connection!
Our fourth graders are learning the human body unit and it is lesson two...the bone puzzle. This can be hmmmm how do I put it....not quite engaging enough or long enough for an hour...
So....let's continue to encourage all of kiddos to pursue college...maybe a radiology technician, CNA, RA, doctor...Why is it so important for people to know their bones? What if a doctor wasn't sure what bone was where? Or if a family member needed help figuring out what was broken? If someone didn't know their femur from their humerus...well misdiagnosis.
One of the many X-rays we used to look at the bones of the body...carpels, metacarpals, ulna, radius...
Working on the bone puzzle...
The finished skeletal system!
Check out how we started our lesson...with Xrays! We each got an X-ray and the kiddos used their skeletal bone sheet to figure out what they were looking at.
Sometimes...it was a real puzzle...in goes the FOSS puzzle activity. We followed up with...a small skeletal system cutout for us to label on the back and study from.
I am planning away for the next week of science lessons and into the last week of school before Christmas Break!!!!!
I am thinking a little holly and a bit of jolly should be in the works...
Last year, I had my 4th and 5th graders working on my Christmas Holiday Science Pack ! I can't wait for the fun to begin. They love science stations and in one hour they seem to be able to get to each one!
I also made a pack for my littles to have fun with in science and in their classrooms!
