We've been exploring a few things within Earth Science lately and the students seem to be learning so much. We've discovered through experimentation that evaporation occurs when the energy from the sun affects the water molecules changing them from a liquid state to water vapor, that temperature and surface area affect the rate of evaporation. We then moved on to the discovery that the earth materials heat up at different rates: water is a heat sink which can hold a lot of energy before changing temperature (both increasing and decreasing temperatures) while soil changes rather rapidly. This will be the basis of understanding weather patterns and atmospheric pressure.
In our reading we've analyzed diagrams of the water cycle, looked at the water table and ground water (which connected to our read aloud:
A Long Walk to Water), and discussed water conservation efforts.
It's so exciting to see students interested in learning and science really peaks interests!
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