Yesterday, our room was vibrating with excitement when Mrs. Currie knocked on our classroom door and brought me flowers! She told us that they were from my partner, Matt. We quickly opened the package up and took a peak at them. They were beautiful carnations, but there was one problem... They were white. I shared with the kids that I HATED white flowers. The kiddos were so sweet and quick to let me know that I should be grateful that I was gifted the flowers, no matter the color. They also shared some ideas on how to fix the problem! One of the kiddos suggested that we paint the flowers. We picked the flowers up and examined the petals. I explained that the petals are sort of like the lungs of the flowers. If we painted them, we would suffocate the flower and it would begin to wilt. Great suggestion but back to the drawing board. Another kiddo suggested that we put food coloring in the water to see if the flower would drink the water and in return, cause the petals to turn the color of the water! Bingo! We decided to conduct an experiment, using the scientific method: 1) We predicted that the petals of the flower would change colors, if we put food coloring in the water. 2) We conducted the experiment 3) We are observing the flowers in the water over the next few days and recording our findings in our "flower journals." We discussed how long ago, scientists sometimes made ideas up and never conducted experiments. They would publishing their "findings" and people would believe the ideas were true, even when they were not. Together, we decided we wanted to be great scientist. So, we got busy working in our journals and only recording down exactly what we see. To our surprise, this morning when we got to school, the kiddos noticed that the experiment was beginning to work! Some of the flower petals were beginning to turn the color of the water they were placed in. We got busy writing in our journals once again, while carefully observing the pattern on the petals. We will see what tomorrow brings to our curious scientists!!
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