Thursday, December 5, 2019

Water Science : Vanishing in Water!!!

This is LO'S first ever so called "Science Experiment"!!๐Ÿ˜ŽI just wanted to do a simple one, to start with, so chose the solubility test. Whether the kids learn or not, understand the science concept or not, it is definitely a fun time for them ๐Ÿ˜ป(not for me though!๐Ÿ˜† protecting the glasses and seeing to that the water doesn't spill and taking care that LO doesn't make the place a messy fades all my fun and keeps my eyes big open๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚)


Things you might need:
6-9 cups (no single-use plastics please!, I used glass cups)
A spoon
Water
Pantry items (Your choice)
What I used for the solubility test:

  1. White Sugar
  2. Brown Sugar
  3. Palm Sugar (crystals)
  4. Table Salt
  5. Rock Salt
  6. Washing powder (just for the blue color!)
  7. Rice
  8. Oats
  9. Baking soda
How we tested:
First, I asked LO to fill the glasses with water till half of its level. 


Then I asked him to help me out in adding the solids to the water. 


Trust me I didn't expect him to catch the the meaning of solubility this easy! He stirred the solution in each glass with the spoon to check if the solids are still or got vanished in water.


I asked him which are the substance that got vanished in water, and he was able to identify. And I asked him to write in a paper categorizing the two. He wrote what he observed and what he understood!

But can't convince him the fact that even the washing powder and palm sugar too are soluble in water.Since they both didn't leave the water clear, as salt and sugar did๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€(tough job indeed!!)


And finally when I was about to clean up the set up, LO said he wanted to keep it as it is, to show his cousin bother and sister, who will come home a month later!!๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜(as my eyes kept supervising the glasses wide open!!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚)
At the end it was a fun filled time for LO, though he didn't realize this as a basic STEM activity.
Happy Parenting๐Ÿ˜Š

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