Exploring GOOP!!

What do you get when you mix corn starch (a solid) with water (a liquid)??  The answer is something we like to call GOOP!  GOOP is so cool to investigate as it has the properties of both a solid and a liquid.  Here we are getting messy . . . this was our culminating activity in our study of solids and liquids.  When we return after the Thanksgiving break we will begin a new social studies unit on Mapping.

Factory Tour at Ben & Jerry's

Students enjoyed a factory tour at Ben & Jerry's in Waterbury.  We connected what we have been learning about in our science study of Solids and Liquids with the process involved in making ice cream.  Here we are sampling a tasty new flavor-- Apple Pie a la Mode.
  Yummy!

Field Trip to the Burnham Library

 

First Grade classes took a walking field trip to the Burnham Library as part of our study of Community Helpers.