We added a cup of salt to half gallon of crushed ice and melted it down to water. (More a slush.) Then we took the temperature which was 6 degrees. Finally we put a bag of pure water into the freezing salt water and had ice within literal seconds.
We also experimented with floating paperclips in a bowl of water, and losing tension when a drop of soap is put in. They guessed how many drops of water on the head of penny before surface tension is lost. It was funny to hear them keep upping their guess as we passed the number they initially guess. The answer is...well you figure it out.
Interesting! Nothing like hands on to cement learning. You can read something a dozen times and for most people it will not move from short term to long term memory, but involving mulitple modalities helps move things from short term to long term. Taste, touch, sight, sound, smell, lol I forget the other two. But actually doing something involves more than one and definitely is the way to go.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! I am a hands on learner, but have had to teach myself to learn by reading as well. I just have to read it multiple times and out loud.
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