If you remember, we made a hypothesis about how many drops we could fit on the surface of a penny. Most of us guessed anywhere 3 - 10. But... we actually got between 16 and 34! The students were amazed that so many drops could fit on such a small surface. Below shows a bit of the process of our experiment today:
We started by dropping water drop by drop:
We kept going until the tension became too much for the water. We learned that depending how forceful we were could change our end result:
When we finished we made some observations and recorded what we learned:
We have really been focusing on understanding the scientific vocabulary. We will continue to review these words through out the unit to ensure that students have a sold understanding of them. This is a fun activity to try at home. You could try with different coins to practice estimating as well :)
Coming up:
- book exchange tomorrow
