It was perfect timing for me to see because I had happened to bring home this book from my classroom to prepare for a science experiment. This book was a little above level for my kinders, but perfect for older kids. I love that it has real images for them to see snow crystals up close!
I have always wanted to make snow crystals in my classroom and right now there is a single kit on scholastic book clubs. See it here, I snagged it using my points. But since that will be a whole group science experiment I felt we all needed to do a hands on experiment.
I purchased snow powder from Steve Spangler Science. It was cheaper than what I saw elsewhere. (Unless you have Amazon Prime) I purchased the powder for $10 - it makes 3 gallons.
FIRST - we observed. We used our sense of smell (make sure you waft) and sight. We threw around some ideas of what the substances were.
THEN - I explained that we would be combining these two substances. I asked them to make predictions of what would happen.
LAST - we conducted our experiment (with shouts of joy) and described what happened.
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Afterwards we discussed our results, and we packed up our snow to take home and show our families.
We also watched a video for the book Snowflake Bently. It was fun learning about the first person to take picture of snowflakes!
Another wonderfully scientific day in K!
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