More Air Experiments

We continued with Air experiments this week. The air pressure experiment seemed like a magic trick to students. On the photos they are trying to do it on their own. Ms. Tiiu suggested that if you try and experiment does not turn out you must put the orange funnel on your head first and then try it. Tyler tried and it worked!!! The water stayed in the glass even when he turned it upside down.
Ugne is showing us an experiment of how we can see that there is water vapor in the air. She practiced it at home and then demonstrated it to everyone in class. Axel is her assistant. Good team work!
Boys are trying how the parachute and helicopters fly. Thank you Even for bringing in your parachute!

Experiments

``Breathe in- Breathe out``this is a title for our unit. We are exploring air. We started the unit with finding out what are the properties of the air? We had a lot of fun together doing the experiments to find out if the air takes up space, does it have mass,what happens when the air gets warmer, is it invisible etc. Students were given a question``Can air push on objects or not?``. They worked in groups and had to create an experiment, write down what they needed for it, how to do it, what happened and why it happened. Then they presented their experiments to Grade 1 and 2 students. On these photos you can see how one group proves that air can move a paper. Other group shows that air can move a leaf. Third group demonstrates that air can push a book and fourth group shows that air can push a boat. Good job Grade 1 students!