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It had been raining quite heavily lately in our country so together we created a rain gauge to measure the amount of rain that feel during that week.

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The children eagerly checked the gauge everyday counting the little lines on the measuring ruler!

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Clear skies are always a great invitation to run outside in the sun! After all that rain there was a lot of evaporation happening!
We took outside with us our cloud spotters made of cardboard and the children observed the different shapes and sizes of the clouds. Happily naming each cloud according to their imagination :)
I took this opportunity to read the book, 'It looked like spilt milk' by Charles G. Shaw and 'Little Cloud' by Eric Carle which then followed by activities you will find under the 'Art' section

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The children were asked what are clouds; what do they understand by the word and how would they describe clouds.

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Investigating capacity, density and buoyancy

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Investigating capacity, density and buoyancy

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The children participated in various activities related to density, buoyancy and capacity. These included:
Observing the difference between salt and fresh water;
Predicting the items that float and sink in both salt and fresh water. Furthermore, predicting which container would be best used to fill different types of containers according to their size;
Logical thinking while predicting and enhancing their oracy skills.

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Floating and sinking activities

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The children used pipettes to drop water onto their cloud template, counting each drop and matching their guesses with the result

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The children were invited to experiment with sound using glasses and different amounts of water. The children enjoyed pouring different amounts of water into each glass and watching the water change colour because of the food colouring inside.
They then used plastic spoons, wooden spoons and stainless steel spoons to explore the difference in the sound each material made when it hit the glass.
The children noticed that the different amounts of water in the glasses made different sounds!
So I then took the activity to a different level : I took the children (and the glasses) to the piano where the children were invited to compare the sound pitch created by the piano keys to that of the water xylophone

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Children were invited to use water as a medium and were asked to paint on different surfaces observing which surface evaporated the quickest

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After designing our class well using the tablet, the children were presented with a selection of junk model boxes, cups, lollipop sticks, pegs and construction toys like legos, wooden blocks and duplos (large and small) for building model wells. They were also given selotape and rubber bands to invite them to think logically of how to hold the items together surrounding the container (cup) acting as well.

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Designing a well, water wheel and a water pipeline

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Designing a well, water wheel and a water pipeline

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Using the class tablet, interactive whiteboard and blank papers, the children were invited to design a model of a well, a model of a water wheel and a model of a water pipeline, after constructing them using junk model items, lego blocks, masking tape and straws.

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The children were invited to reorder the cups according to their size

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On this iWB activity, the children had to think and choose the right container would be best to fill:
a swimming pool
a bath tub and
a glass bowl

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Math problem solving: Exploring Capacity

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Math problem solving: Exploring Capacity

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The children practiced comparing capacities using different cups and bottles taking their turn in guessing which container would fill the fish bowl quicker.
The children learnt about the difference in sizes, (large and small), widths and capacities by measuring the amount of water and comparing it with a 1 litre jug.
The children noticed that even though a container can be short and wide, it could hold as much water as the long and narrow one

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Ordinal numbers: Who is 1st, 2nd...last?

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Ordinal numbers: Who is 1st, 2nd...last?

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After observing clouds while in the playgournd, as a folow up activity the children were invited to create using cotton wool, their favourite type of cloud

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Learning about the different types of clouds

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Learning about the different types of clouds

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Using their own drinking bottles, the children were invited to compare sizes and think about a type of container that would hold more water than their own drinking bottle

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Evaporation, condensation and nimbus clouds :)

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Evaporation, condensation and nimbus clouds :)

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The amazing water pipeline challenge: Will the water flow through the pipes? Let's see!

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The amazing water pipeline challenge: Will the water flow through the pipes? Let's see!

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The children were asked how does water travel to our houses.
They used Styrofoam cups, drinking straws and masking tape to create a water pipeline model.
They had to figure out a way to build a stand for one of the  cups, so that it was higher than the other. Some used the straws and tape and some used legos.
The children enjoyed pouring water into the higher cup and watch it flow into the lower cup.

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Water has a lot of benefits and purposes. Apart from keeping us and nature clean and healthy, it has one of the most important purpose which is that of generating energy. The children after viewing powerpoints and video clips about the purposes of water they were invited to create a water wheel.
They learnt how energy could be generated by the flow of water by pouring the water from a jug into one of the cups of the water wheel.
While watching the wheel begin to rotate as the water flows, the children counted how many rotations the wheel made using a 1 litre jug.
I invited to experiment by changing the height and speed of the flow of water and they noticed that when they poured water from higher up, the wheel turned faster

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Does ice melt faster in fresh or in salt water?

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Does ice melt faster in fresh or in salt water?

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Experimenting with the changing state of water

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Experimenting with the changing state of water

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Understanding the water cycle using the interactive white board for an augmented view of the process

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Understanding the water cycle using the interactive white board for an augmented view of the process

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The water flowed! Our pipeline worked :)

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The water flowed! Our pipeline worked :)

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Today we talked about water pollution and how it affects rain water . We used shaving foam for clouds, water and food colouring.

The children filled a jar with water and sprayed shaving foam on the top of the water. They then added drops of food colouring represetning rain and watched it flow down from the cloud of shaving foam.
The colours represented pollution, the shaving foam clouds and the water represented the rain.
The children observed how the water slowly lost its transparency and became dull, hence polluting it.
And because the water is polluted, the rain that will fall from the clouds will the be polluted too, making a lot of damage to the sea animals, to the trees, and even, to us.

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Understanding the water cycle using the interactive white board for an augmented view of the process

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Understanding the water cycle using the interactive white board for an augmented view of the process