Exploding Milk

Here are some pictures of students testing what happens when we add food colouring to milk. We then added vinegar to the mixture to see what would happen. Once we watched this process the students then added baking soda to see what would happen next. The mixture bubbled up and gave the students an exciting experience to write about.

Melting Skittles

This week in Ako 3, one of our exciting activities that we got to write about was skittles in water. We lined a plate with skittles and added water and then watched the magic happen. The students produced awesome writing, including a challenge word. This week I introduced challenge words to the students which is where I pick a word that a student has used to describe our experience and then challenge the students to use it in their writing.