What started out as a kindergarten activity on observation interested so many friends we adapted it to include everyone! Today’s objective was to see if conversation hearts would melt in a variety of substances. At first we started with cold, warm, and hot water. However, it turned out to be a very slow process.

To speed things up a bit, we tried putting the hearts in some carbonated water. The carbonation moved the hearts all around the beaker, which really intrigued friends.

Next, we tried the classic baking soda and vinegar mix:

Throughout the morning friends came to check in on the hearts and see if they had gotten any smaller. We compared their size to a heart that hadn’t been put in anything. By this afternoon the heart in the hot water had completely disappeared! Friends noticed that the water had turned a different color in the process.

Today was also full of building houses and working with cars:

Some friends also began asking a lot of questions about tornados today, so we went to the science area and found all our books about weather. Using the table of contents, we were able to find the pages on tornados! We also tried to create a tornado in a jar using water, dish soap, vinegar and glitter, but it wasn’t super successful. We did see how the glitter swirled in the jar though!

Wee Sprouts: Tomatoes and carrots. Breakfast: Brown rice cakes with peanut butter and fresh pears/bananas. Lunch: Whole wheat tortillas with hummus, fresh cauliflower, bananas and grapes. Snack:

Link to the photo album: WF 2/12/16

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day weekend! –Jessica