reversible change
he surprised me with his discussion of the ice and water cycle and reversible change......we had not discussed this in a year?
we were outside and some icicles fell and he wanted to bring in snow, so i brought in some icicles for a lesson in volume, but he turned it into reversible change
he was also discussing how to save the icicles, we should put them in the fridge......i told him the fridge was not cold enough, he said, "well we could try and see if it works! natural icicle popsicle"
we were discussing the icicles outside so when i broke some off, i decided to bring some in to show him the volume of water contained as it melted.....he ended up showing me, how to use it as a lens/prism.......a wand, a lesson in reversible change and then breaking off pieces and blowing them in pools of water with his breath....wind energy.....he knows way more than me!
I was watching pbs kids with him recently and realized.....this was something he learned from sid the science kid......reversible change......but i swear he had not seen the show in at least 6 months....then about a month after i videotaped this we saw the episode again......aha moment
video link
pbskids.org/sid/videoplayer.html?OnPenguinPond
great show and channel, pbs kids, no commercials, lots of music and physical activity encouraged during the shows and this particular show is called sid the science kid.....perfect age appropriate science investigation encouragement, i see lots of long lasting learning from the 30 minutes he sees maybe 2x a week
reversible change
he surprised me with his discussion of the ice and water cycle and reversible change......we had not discussed this in a year?
we were outside and some icicles fell and he wanted to bring in snow, so i brought in some icicles for a lesson in volume, but he turned it into reversible change
he was also discussing how to save the icicles, we should put them in the fridge......i told him the fridge was not cold enough, he said, "well we could try and see if it works! natural icicle popsicle"
we were discussing the icicles outside so when i broke some off, i decided to bring some in to show him the volume of water contained as it melted.....he ended up showing me, how to use it as a lens/prism.......a wand, a lesson in reversible change and then breaking off pieces and blowing them in pools of water with his breath....wind energy.....he knows way more than me!
I was watching pbs kids with him recently and realized.....this was something he learned from sid the science kid......reversible change......but i swear he had not seen the show in at least 6 months....then about a month after i videotaped this we saw the episode again......aha moment
video link
pbskids.org/sid/videoplayer.html?OnPenguinPond
great show and channel, pbs kids, no commercials, lots of music and physical activity encouraged during the shows and this particular show is called sid the science kid.....perfect age appropriate science investigation encouragement, i see lots of long lasting learning from the 30 minutes he sees maybe 2x a week