Candy Heart Science

We had a fun and exciting day in kindergarten.  Our morning started off with the calendar notebook.  We filled in our calendar and did some addition problems. We went to centers where we read, wrote I can sentences in our journals, sorted sh, th, wh, and ch words, and started to decorate our Valentine Bags. 

After lunch, we worked on our phonics cards and have started talking about consonant blends (cl, gl, cr, gr), and digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh), as well as vowel blends (oo, ee, ay).  We also reviewed The Hat and The Mitten, both by Jan Brett.  We compared and contrasted these books.  We went to the library to check out new books.  After the library, we reviewed partners of 10.  The class did a terrific job! 

The class had a chance to play the ukuleles in Mr. Sutton's class.  I have been told I have a class of rock stars!  When we returned to the classroom, our 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Melaney's class came in for a science experiment.  We put candy conversation hearts in hand sanitizer, vinegar, club soda, hot water, and lemon juice.  We were interested in seeing which solution dissolved the candy heart the best.  We followed the Scientific Method which means we developed a hypothesis, conducted the experiment, made observations, recorded our results, and drew a conclusion.  We learned that while water, lemon juice, and vinegar will dissolve the heart some in an hour, club soda will almost completely dissolve a candy heart in an hour.  As if we hadn't had enough fun, we did a second experiment.  I filled a mason jar with Sprite soda.  Then I put several candy hearts into the soda.  We watched the candy hearts rise to the surface and then sink several times before stopping.  We added additional candy hearts and saw the same results.  We talked about it and drew the conclusion that the bubbles from the soda were helping the candy hearts reach the surface, the bubbles would pop, and then the candy would sink.  It was super exciting to watch!