We have officially kicked off our next big unit of study...GEOLOGY! The students were so excited to start learning all about Earth. We began by learning what geology actually is. We watched a few videos to introduce the topic and made our own dictionary pages.
Then it was all about the third rock from the sun! We learned about each of Earth's four layers and made these diagrams to show our understanding.
We also read this treasured book about a child that actually digs a hole through the earth. I just loved seeing the excitement, wonder, and joy in the children's eyes when we were experiencing this book together.
Today we had messy fun with science centers. :) Our fantastic student teacher helped the kiddos make oobleck to simulate the "plasticity" of the mantle.
With our wonderful room mom the students made a yummy treat to represent the layers of the earth. It was made with a red hot center for the inner core, a marshmallow surrounding it for the outer core, a mixture of rice crispies and marshmallow fluff for the mantle, and finally a dusting of cocoa for the crust. My partner teacher made the crust with melted chocolate chips, I just might have to do that next year because wow was the cocoa messy! Although, it was priceless to hear one student say, "The crust was so bitter but once I bit into the mantle it was so tasty together". :) Hands on learning in action!
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| This in not a picture of ours (I didn't get a chance to snap a photo), but I wanted to post a visual. :) Yum! |
Thanks to my awesome helpers who were willing to get messy and make this fun learning possible today. xo
so creative, amazing, and yummy!
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