Today we are sky watchers looking for weather patterns! Students have created a weather station and have been recording data in their science journals. Our weather station includes a rain gauge, thermometer, and a wind vane in the form of our turbine. We also hung "weather bags" full of colored water. We are using them to investigate water molecules. We want to find out how cold it has to get to freeze water.
The weather has been unusually warm this year. No sign of snow yet! But the first day of winter is approaching, and we are hopeful. We check our weather bags every day to see if they are liquid or solid. We have also been drawing the clouds we see in our science journal. There have been so many different kinds of clouds! Some days we even see the moon in the daytime sky! We are curious to know how water changes from a liquid to a solid then back to a liquid again. We are also curious about snow. Is snow a liquid or a solid? We will keep thinking!
Water molecules
The weather has been unusually warm this year. No sign of snow yet! But the first day of winter is approaching, and we are hopeful. We check our weather bags every day to see if they are liquid or solid. We have also been drawing the clouds we see in our science journal. There have been so many different kinds of clouds! Some days we even see the moon in the daytime sky! We are curious to know how water changes from a liquid to a solid then back to a liquid again. We are also curious about snow. Is snow a liquid or a solid? We will keep thinking!
Water molecules
We learned about Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, a scientist who studied snowflakes. He looked at thousands of snowflakes, and took photos of them on a camera that he attached to his microscope. He published his snowflake photos in a book. He said it was his gift to the world. He discovered that no two snowflakes are alike! We looked at Bentley's photos to compare the different snowflakes. We noticed that all the snowflakes have six points, and a hexagon shape in the center! The form and detail of each snowflake is unique. We drew some of Snowflake Bentley's snowflakes in our science journals. Snowflakes are so beautiful!
Read more about Snowflake Bentley in this Caldecott award-winning picture book.