Matter Fun

During the months of January and February we did some really fun activities to learn about matter!

The Discovery Science Museum

The Discovery Science Museum visited Steward School and presented a matter workshop to the third grade. The students loved  all of the hands-on activities and remembered many facts they learned during our study of matter!

First, we had to figure out how to melt an ice cube. The students used their hands or breath to warm up the ice cube.

We also observed some cool experiments with liquid nitrogen and dry ice.

We watched liquid nitrogen turn a banana into a hammer!

If students visit http://tinyurl.com/TSWactivity with their parents they can find some at-home science activities. If you complete the five question survey you will receive a FREE admission pass for the Discovery Science Museum. Thank you TESPTO for bringing this program to Steward School.

The Incredible Journey of Water
Before vacation, Mr. Prazar taught our class about the incredible journey of water. The children participated in a fun activity that got them moving through the water cycle just like a drop of water. As a drop of water, they traveled in oceans, rivers, clouds, glaciers, plants and even animals!

The children collected a bead at each stop in the water cycle.

Then they rolled the dice to see where they traveled to next.

In the end, their beads told a story of where each drop of water had been.

As a culminating activity, the students shared their data. The children shared information about where they spent the most and least amount of time. Mr. Prazar helped us discover why we got the results we did. For example, a drop of water spends a lot of time in the ocean because the ocean covers so much of the Earth and it's so deep.

Thank you to Mr. Prazar for teaching us about the incredible journey of water!