Snow Day!

SO sorry I haven't updated in awhile! This lesson was taught before we got out for Christmas Break, and as you may know, those days can be just a little bit insane. Now I'm finally able to update our blog! No, we didn't have a day off of school---but we did make our own snow, so we called it a "snow day"! This experiment was SUPER easy, and it was a great demonstration of a chemical change that went along with the Christmas season.


Here are the materials:


-1 box of corn starch
-1-2 cans of shaving cream
-Glass bowl


Pour the whole box of corn starch in the bowl, and then add shaving cream. Mix with your hands until it can be molded into a ball. Easy, right? :)

 

We finished up this "snow day" by doing some fun formative assessment. :) Sounds like fun, right? Haha! I sprayed the students' desks with shaving cream and asked them questions about physical and chemical changes. They had to answer with a "P" or a "C" and write their answer choice in the shaving cream. It was LOTS of fun, and didn't get messy at all. (Note the sarcasm.)

Sorry this has taken me so long to post! Apparently Blogger was on the fritz on my desktop computer. :) Now there will hopefully be more frequent Science Shenanigans posts! :)