After recess we had word work. Today in word work the grade 1's did some writing activities with the 8 spelling words for this week. After word work we did a counting by 5's problem. We had to try to figure out how many cards we would need to make a counting by 5's game that went up to different numbers. For example, how many cards would you need to make a game that went up to 205?
After lunch we did a very serious science experiment. This experiment was about temperature and heat transfer. We started with two ziplock bags. In the large ziplock bag we put ice. In the small ziplock bag we put cream, sugar, and vanilla. Then we put the small bag inside the big bag and added salt to the ice. Then we shook the bags until the ice all melted. The ice was melting the because the salt lowered the the freezing temperature of the ice. When the ice was melting it was actually getting colder and it was taking heat out of the cream and sugar mixture until the two temperatures were the same. This is called equilibrium. This meant that as the ice was melting the cream and sugar mixture started getting colder and started to freeze. Once it was frozen we had made ice cream! (But very scientific ice cream).
Then, we had library and gym. In gym we played a type of volleyball called Newcomb ball. After gym we got to eat our ice cream. It was really good!
