Fun with Dry Ice

We got to play with Dry Ice. I have seen some of the coolest experiments with Dry Ice on Steve Spangler's website and always wanted to do some in my classroom but I was never able to get any Dry Ice. Thanks to the high school science for giving us some!!

All day long the kids were asking about this big jug in my room. The one that was full of the Dry Ice from the science teacher but they didn't know. I told them it was for Science at the end of the day and they were going to love it.

These simple easy experiments were a hit with our class.

Inflate a Rubber Glove
Just put a few cubes of dry ice in a rubber glove hold it closed where you put you hands in and soon it inflates before your eyes.

Popping Film Canisters
Just drop a cube or two of Dry Ice into the 35mm film canister put the lid on and wait. The cap pops off and go flying up in the air. We did about 5 of them at once.

Singing Quarter
Press a warm quarter against the Dry Ice and it will scream. After the quarter gets cold it quits. We did this with a quarter we had soaked in warm water and one we had warm at room temperature and both worked very well.


Lots of Bubbles
We added warm water and dish soap to a bowl with the Dry Ice in it. We even added different colors of food coloring and it bubbled to the top of the bowl.

Foggy Bowl
This is the thing most people do with it. Just add water to the Dry Ice in a bowl and watch it fog up and around the bowl. The students wanted to add food coloring to it to see if it would change but it didn't change the color of our fog just the color of our water.

I had a couple student's film our experiments on their iPads and I put them into a cool little iMovie trailer after school. Take a look at the fun we had with Dry Ice.

Music with Trash

We read a book Sounds with Trash and it talked about making instruments out of trash. Here are a few of the videos we created.

Lego Pigeon Prize

Our prize arrived this week. We had fun unpacking and building with our new Lego Sets. 

We won the Pigeon Contest!:)

We won the Lego Pigeon Contest! Check out this LINK HERE or  see below our video from Mo Willems!

Here is a video of what we submitted.

We are starting to blog!

We want to blog so we can share some of the great things we have been making in our classroom. We are learning about space this week for Science. We are learning about different planets. We learned that Pluto is no longer a planet. We went swimming today for the first time this year. Check out some new posts on our Kid Blog. We would love to have your comments.

Keep your child's learning soaring through the summer

Parents check out some of these fun summer things to help your child keep learning. Many of them have some great freebies.

Scholastic has a fun reading challenge. Students read to break the record reading minutes of last summer. They can read and log their minutes, take weekly challenges, earn virtual rewards, and enter a sweepstakes every time they reach the weekly milestones.

Barnes and Noble Bookstore always gives away a free book to children who read 8 books. You can go to the link and download the summer fun packet  which includes the sheet below to fill out and take to your local Barnes and Noble by September 2, 2014.

Camp Wonderopolis was tons of fun for my family last summer. I can't wait to participate again. Check it out and register at this link.

Campers will explore different tracks of science and build their vocabulary, background knowledge, and literacy skills along the way.

• Select your own avatar
• Follow your own path through six tracks of scientific exploration
• Engage in Wonder lessons and test your learning to earn Wonder Cards® (42 in all!)
• Check out what other Campers are doing and share your own experiences on the Wonder Wall
• Keep track of your Camp activities on your personal dashboard (Counselor dashboards will track individual and groups of Campers—perfect for parents, libraries, and summer learning programs)
• Try out fun, hands-on activities with everyday items
• Compete in photo and video contests for a chance to win Camp prizes

Be sure to pre-register now, and stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks!

Readworks has some summer reading passages to print off for 2nd- 4th graders. There is also a video that talks about the importance of summer reading and how to use the passages. 

If you live in Indiana your student will have access to 3,000 digital books again this summer with myon. If you goto this  link there are instructions about how to download the app and have access. If you do not live in Indiana you may want to check and see if your state sponsors some type of summer reading for your students.

 Chuck E. Cheese even has some rewards coupons for kids. You can download, print, fill out, and take to Chuck E. Cheese and get 10 free tokens. I like that they offer it for reading too!

 I hope you can check some of these out and have your kids have some fun summer learning.

Shutterfly Books... finally completed

We have been working hard in small groups to make some books about the year. They are finally completed. We had lots of trouble with internet and iPad issues making them but they turned out great. Check them out.

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Shutterfly photo books offer a variety of layouts and cover options to choose from.

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Click here to create your own Shutterfly photo book.

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The new way to make a photo album: photo books by Shutterfly.

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