My 5 Senses: Rock Salt Art (The Adventurers)

Today, we focused on teamwork and negotiating with our friends.

• Featured Activity “Rock Salt Mosaic”: Students filled a Ziploc bag with rock salt and added food coloring. They shook the bag until the salt was dyed and the color was evenly distributed. Then, they created a colorful mosaic by applying glue to a cardboard and by sprinkling  the colored salt onto the glue.

• Instant Volcano: Students added vinegar to baking soda and watched our volcano erupt. To make our flow of “lava” look real, we added red Kool-Aid powder to the mixture.

My 5 Senses: Amazing Bubbles (The Explorers)

Today, we continued to focus on turn taking, sharing materials and working cooperatively with a partner:

•   “Pop Music”: Bubble wrap squares were spread out on the floor. When the music played, students walked/danced around. When the music stopped, each student found his or her square to stand on and tried to pop the bubbles. 
• “Spin Art with a Twist”: Students used a salad spinner, paper plates, tempera paint (thinned with water) as well as oil paint (i.e., tempera paint mixed with vegetable oil) to create colorful designs. Since oil and water don’t mix unusual effects appeared in front of our eyes.

• Featured Activity "Amazing Bubbles": Students sampled different ways to make bubbles of different sizes and colors, using strawberry baskets, wands, pipe cleaners, and funnels.  

Amazing Bubbles Recipe: 

2 1/2 quarts water

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1 cup liquid dish detergent (use scented one to stimulate sense of smell)

Add food coloring to dye bubble solution

                                        

    

Cooperative Play Idea: Students partner up, one child produces bubbles while the other tries to pop/catch the bubbles.