1st Grade Looks at Liquids!

1st grade has been exploring the world of liquids!  They have investigated the different properties (foamy, bubbly, transparent, translucent, viscous, has color)of 6 different liquids: hand soap, colored water, dish soap, corn syrup, liquid starch and cooking oil.  We even have played liquid card games - memory and Go Fish!

All the liquids have color.

Students chose two liquids to investigate. They
drew the liquid and described how it looked,
sounded and one more additional observation.

The corn syrup barely moved it was so thick!

The green liquids are a favorite of most students. The colored
water makes a tornado when it is shaken and the dish soap has
so many air bubbles that the color changes to a lighter green when
shaken!

Looking at the level of the liquid when a bottle
is slowly turned upside down.

It can be tricky to get the angle right.

Once the levels are drawn, we looked at the levels to see if
we noticed anything surprising.

A big liquids memory game.

Liquids in Containers

1st grade has been exploring liquids over the past few weeks.   We have learned the properties of liquids: bubbly, foaming, transparent, translucent and our favorite...viscous! We also know that liquids take the shape of their container.

So what happens when water is poured into four different sized containers?  We used a small vial to measure one scoop of water in each of the containers.  Then we drew where the water level was.  

The funnel helped get the water in the bottle.

That's one scoop of water!

Drawing the level of the water in the bottle.

Getting a good look at the water level.

Being as accurate as possible.

Next, everyone made a prediction about where a second scoop of water would reach in each of the four containers then added the scoop of water to see if they were right! 

It's easier to use your chair as a desk, so your
journal doesn't get wet!

How many scoops of water?

Will the water overflow?

The last part of the investigation was to think about whether all four containers had the same amount of water in them and to explain your reasoning.  Many of the students acknowledged that the containers were different shapes so the water looked different; some of the students stated the containers had the same amount of water because we used the same measurer for each of the containers; and others said there were different amounts of water in each container.

1st Grade Investigates Liquids in Containers!

Does each container have the same amount of liquid in it?  That is what the 1st graders are wondering!  First, measure one small vial of water in each container: bottle, cup, vial, 1/4 liter container.  Then they drew the level of liquid in all four containers in their journals.

Next they had to make a prediction about where they thought a second scoop of water would reach in each of the four different containers.

 Now to test the prediction!

Once they finished measuring water from the small vial into all four containers, they thought about what they did for this investigation and looked at their observations to answer the question....Does each container have the same amount of water?  Why do you think that?

Most classes had a mixture of responses.  They all reiterated that liquids take the shape of the container they are in.  Some thought there were different amounts of water in each container, while others stated they added water from the small vial each time so each container had the same amount of water in it, even though it doesn't look like they do.

Bubbly, Foamy, Transparent Liquids!

1st grade has begun learning about properties of liquids!  Liquids, unlike solids, have no shape.  They take the shape of the container they are in.  The classes have been making observations about six different liquids: dish soap, corn syrup, colored water, vegetable oil, liquid starch and hand soap.  They have discovered that liquids can be viscous, foamy, bubbly, transparent, translucent or have color.

There are so many bubbles in the oil.

The colored water makes a tornado!

So bubbly.

It's turning lighter the more I shake it!

It's always hard to describe the way the liquid sounds.

The hand soap is so thick I can't see anything.

Playing Memory with liquid properties!

Do you have any foamy? Go Fish!

Exploring Liquids!

1st grade has been shaking, rolling, tipping and describing different liquids.  We learned that all liquids have properties that can help us describe and sort them.

The corn syrup is translucent.

This one rolls strangely.

The soap is bubbly and foamy.

The cooking oil is bubbly and transparent.

We also have been looking at liquid levels and liquids in containers.  We measured one small vial of water into four different containers.  When we looked at all the levels of water in the containers, some looked like they had more water than the others because of the shape of the container!

Playing liquid memory game!