Pre-K Investigates Water on Wood and Paper

Pre-K has been investigating what happens when water is put on different types of wood and different types of paper.

Look, the wood is darker.

The wood is sticking together!

Sometimes it's hard to use the droppers.

The dark wood is darker and the light wood is lighter.

The water changes the color of the paper, just like the wood.

The water stays in drops.

So many different papers and something happens to them all!

I have a paper sandwich.

This is bumpy paper.

Look!

I can push the water.

Watching the water.

More exploring.

Investigating Paper with Kindergarten!

We are starting the second half of our unit by looking at properties of paper.  Kindergarteners have been exploring 8 different papers: wax, tag board, chipboard, newsprint, craft paper, paper towel, cardboard and corrugated cardboard.

We investigated what it was like to write on all eight papers with pencil, crayon and marker.  Some papers were very hard to write on with anything - wax paper and corrugated paper - while some were relatively easy - tag board and craft paper.

The tagboard is so smooth and slippery.

All these papers were hard to write on.

The papers have different colors.

It's not easy to write on the paper towel.

I can only draw lines on this paper.  I can't make circles.

The papers on the left were hard to draw on.
The papers on the right were easy to draw on.

A bin of papers!

 Does it make a difference if you draw or write on
the papers?

I have all 8 papers.

Crayon on paper towel is hard.

This paper is so hard to write on!

The cardboard is easy to write on, except the pencil.  It's hard
to see.

Look at the corrugated paper.  I can make so many lines.

Water on Paper!

The last part of Kindergarten's wood and paper unit involved exploring what happens to paper when it gets wet.  Oh boy, that was fun!

We used the same papers as we used in the previous explorations: wax paper, paper towel, craft paper, newsprint, chip board, tag board, corrugated cardboard and cardboard.  Next, we used droppers to put water on top of the papers to see what happened!

The marker on the papers spread when it got wet.

I can push the water around on the craft paper.

The paper gets darker when it's wet.

The corrugated cardboard comes apart when it gets wet!

The paper is easy to rip when it gets wet.

The water is turning colors!

The paper is so wet.

It is SO much fun taking apart the corrugated paper!

Kindergarten Explores Paper!

Kindergarten has finished exploring the properties of wood and has begun to learn about paper!  We all think it's funny that paper actually comes from wood, so we haven't really finished investigating wood yet!

We are looking at 8 different types of paper: wax paper, paper towel, tagboard, chipboard, newsprint, craft paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard.

First we are exploring what it's like to draw on the different papers with a pencil, crayon and marker.  We wondered if all papers were good to write or draw on.

The corrugated cardboard is so hard to write on!  I can't make
a circle on it!

Two piles of papers.  One pile has paper that is easy to write on,
the other pile has papers that is hard to write on.

We discovered that it was easier to draw and write on the tagboard, craft paper and newsprint.  It was harder to write on the wax paper, corrugated cardboard and paper towel. 

The pencil on the wax paper leaves marks.

Next we folded the papers.  We started with the craft paper. It was pretty easy to fold it in half....5 times!  Then we tried to fold the cardboard in half.  That was really hard!  We could only fold it one or two times.  We noticed that thick papers were hard to fold and thin papers were easy.

The corrugated cardboard was easier to fold than the cardboard.
It was not as thick.