Reversible Change

We've had a little fun coming back to school after Christmas break.  Sid the Science Kid made an appearance as we learned all about why things melt and freeze.  We did a little class survey as each child drew what they knew about why things melt.  We then viewed an episode of Sid the Science Kid, as Sid and his friends with the help of Teacher Susie, melted an ice block filled with fruit.  They soon discovered that the melted ice block could be refrozen and melted again.  This was called "reversible change".  On Friday, we had our own ice block of fruit and did the same experiment as Sid and his friends did.  Hands on learning has so much more meaning as the boys and girls saw first hand what they viewed on Sid the Science Kid.  Our kiddos then drew in their Science Journals what  they observed.  We then made some fruit pops (bananas and orange juice) and put them outside in Mother Nature's freezer to enjoy  at snack time.  The boys and girls did me proud later that day as I read them our afternoon story about a snowman and a little girl who saved him when he melted and froze the liquid to reuse him as a snowman.  Almost in unison my very observant Kindergartners told me "Hey Mrs. Straight, that's reversible change!"