After conducting an experiment on "dry mud" (aka dirt!), we had to try out the "mud water" Hendrix told us about!
We talked about how we can make mud. The children said that when it rains, dirt turns into mud.
The students went out back to collect some dirt for our experiment....
Our hard workers were shoveling as much dirt as possible!
After putting all the dirt in one big container, we sat around outside to double check our first science experiment with "dry mud".
The children recreated the Arboretum using clay and trees. The clay dried and became hard. This held the trees in place, and no matter how hard we blew air on them, they didn't fall. We even tried to push them down with our hands and the trees stood up. This helped the children see that the trees use firm ground to keep them standing straight up in the ground.
The children made sure none of the trees fell out! ;o)
The children recreated the Arboretum using clay and trees. The clay dried and became hard. This held the trees in place, and no matter how hard we blew air on them, they didn't fall. We even tried to push them down with our hands and the trees stood up. This helped the children see that the trees use firm ground to keep them standing straight up in the ground.
The children made sure none of the trees fell out! ;o)
We tugged as hard as we could....but they didn't budge!
Next we asked the children what we could use to turn the dirt into mud?
"WATER!", they responded right away!
Sooo, we all took turns pouring just the right amount...
While some of us had sticks to stir the mud and water together...
the rest of us went to search for more....
We all returned with a stick of our own and worked together to make the mixture!
We loved seeing MUD WATER! It looked so interesting to us....
Finally it was time to put the trees in!
So as the children tried, and saw it couldn't stand up...we discussed how the mud water was too wet and was not strong enough for the tree to stand up....
We still tried a couple of times more to make sure!! ;-)
The students went to draw the conclusion to this science experiment...
Here were some of their responses to the tree being on the ground:
"If it gets muddy, the roots go." - Kylie
"If the wind blows and mud is under the tree and the water in the sky make it fall." -Bishop
"The rain comes and the the mud makes it fall." -Sam
"Fell down!" (the trees fell down.)
We can't wait to show you all the other things we have been working on from this field trip!!
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