We have had a busy week in nursery learning all about “ice” and “rockets”.
The children have taken an interest in the ice they have seen out in the garden due to the falling temperatures over the last two weeks. Maya found a dish in the garden that had flowers and water that had frozen over night and asked the question “How do we get the flowers out?”. This has developed into a full investigation into how water can change state due to temperature. Reuben also told us that “salt melts ice” which then lead to an experiment to see what melted the ice quicker, the warmth or the salt. Prior to carrying out the experiment we predicted what we thought the result should be and recorded these on a graph. Ask your child what the outcome was and they could share their learning.
The children have also been making rockets using junk modelling and at the craft table. There is more to follow on this next week with another experiment to capture the children’s attention. I’m sure NASA will be interested in our little scientists!!!!
