20th September

Today we re-capped on the basic structure of an atom and then I asked the children to pretend to be an atom on an ice cube- all stuck together and still. I pretended to heat up the ice cube and the children behaved like atoms in cold water, hotter water and steam ie walking, faster and then jumping up and down ( no room to run!). we discussed the states of the water then I lit a fire and we heated an ice cube- the water boiled and condensed on the glass lid. we re-capped on the atoms and toasted marshmallows. Oh, also discussed the fire triangle. And it was rainy!