Kitchen Science

In class on Tuesday I learned a lot of important things and made many notes of ideas that I want to remember. We spent most of the day exploring the scientific method with kitchen science. I had a lot of fun and there were so many things that I found useful. We took notes in a superman book. I loved this idea because the students can be involved in making their workbook, it’s fun, and you don’t need staples or tape!



The first activity that we did was the doughnut hole (or apple slice) mystery. I thought this was fun and something kids would really enjoy. We drew the last doughnut that we ate, then were given doughnut holes and sketched them scientifically. I liked this part because everyone has a different doughnut and will have a different type of sketch. It was also useful to have a model for kids to look at and base their drawing off of. I really liked the social studies connection with this experiment because I thought it was really creative to look at the ingredients and plan a lesson based off of where the ingredients are found and exploring ones that aren’t as familiar.



The next activity, the scientific guy/gal, is something that I will definitely use in my classroom! I loved how it was encouraging classroom participation in coming up with rules for participating in science. It was a positive way to show how children should be when doing experiments. Afterwards we learned about observation and hypothesis through the floating M experiment. This was yet again another “cool” thing to see that children will love. I can just see their faces when they see the M floating and trying to figure out why. I love this experiment because it generates curiosity and makes children want to learn about what happened.



In addition, I think the Abe and taco bell data collection activity is very useful and meaningful. We learned so much during that activity, things that I had no idea about. There are so many opportunities for further exploration there and it can be based off of what the children are most interested in. However, I have to admit that making Oobleck was my favorite part of the day! I would love to use it for a creative writing activity as well as for a state of matter lesson.





At the end of the day when we did the get down, get funky, get loose song I really liked it and will definitely use it in the future. I love to sing and do little dances and I think that is a great strategy for getting kids moving in a productive and not disrupting way. I also liked the graffiti tape for a way of giving feedback. Overall it was a very productive and useful day!