Wood and Paper

This week we started our new science kit Wood and Paper.  Throughout this kit the boys and girls will be exploring different types of wood and learning where it came from, and observing properties of each kind of wood.  They will do the same with different kinds of paper.  To launch the unit boys and girls participated in a Visible Thinking routine called, See, Think, Wonder.  They were given different samples of wood and then participated in a class discussion of what they were observing, what it made them think and what questions did they have.  We also went on a hunt for things made of wood around the classroom.  They were surprised by how many things we found!  In the pictures below, you can see that the boys and girls have different wood samples.  They are using water droppers to test what happens when you drop water on the wood.  We noticed that with some wood samples, the water bubbled on top of the wood, while other samples absorbed the water quickly.  We then tested to see if the wood pieces would sink or float.  We are learning how to make predictions, look very closely and talk about our observations and to think of why certain things that they observed happened.  I am proud of our scientists!