Senses, Sorting and Colors!

This week in science was our last week of observations! We did one last 5 senses lab, sorted by colors and mixed colors to make new colors.

Tuesday, we did a 5 senses lab to go along with our letter Aa theme of the day. The kids used their 5 senses to look at, smell, touch, hear and taste apples.

Thursday, we sorted Froot Loops by colors and drew how many of each color we had ... then we ate them! :) The kids had to trace words before they sorted their cereal by color.

Friday, after Grandparent's Day, our class and Mrs. Sturdivant's class did science together! First,we watched a Peep and Chirp about mixing colors together to make new colors.

After our video, Mrs. Sturdivant read a book to the class about mixing colors called White Rabbit's Color book.

Once the book was over, we went over to the table and started our science experiment for the day! We had a container filled with water, 6 test tubes, 6 eye droppers and some food coloring.

The first thing we did was fill the test tubes with 3 eye droppers worth of water, which the kids had to count out for me because I kept "messing up" :). Then, we added food coloring to make a yellow test tube, red test tube and blue test tube. We talked about the book and video we watched and thought about what might happen if we mixed some of the colors together.

Then the magic happen!

Some of our colors were so dark, we had to add more water so we could see what color it actually was!

Sorting

This week in science we are looking at sorting different objects by categories. We are sorting by color, shape, size and discussing the texture of different objects.

Monday - Sorting by color. Monday, we sorted Fruit Loops by color and recorded it in our science journals. We sorted them into groups of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

 

Tuesday - Sorting by shape. Tuesday, we sorted Chex Mix  by shape and recorded it in our science journals. We sorted them into groups of circles, squares, rectangles and ovals.

Wednesday - Sorting by size. Wednesday, we sorted shapes by the different sizes and recorded it in our science journals. The kids got triangles, squares, rhombuses and hexagons at their tables that were different sizes. They had a spot for big shapes and a spot for small shapes on their papers in their science journals to sorts their shapes into. Once they sorted them, they traced and colored them in their science journals to show which went where.

Thursday- Discussing texture. Thursday, the kids reached into feely bags and told me about what they felt. They described the texture of the different items in the bags and then guessed what they thought was inside each bag. There were some pretty entertaining faces and thoughts about what was inside each bag.

Bag 1: Pears ... which was hilarious to watch! A couple kids guessed that there was fruit in the bag but most of them were stumped!

Bag 2: Water soaked animal crackers. I know, that sounds disgusting, but it was a good texture to describe!

 

Bag 3: Cotton Balls. This was the funniest one to watch after having two bags that didn't feel the greatest. The kids were prepared for something slimy or wet or cold. Cotton balls was the last thing they thought was in the third bag!

 

Bag 4: Cereal. With 2 strange bags and 1 not so strange bag, they didn't know what was coming! They described it as hard, bumpy, rough and square but weren't sure if it was cereal or crackers.