In Science Class . . . Week of 9/27

In 4/5th grade science this week, we'll be wrapping up our evaporation experiments and graphing our results. Students will practice using syringes and graduated cylinders to measure water volume.  Key questions:

• How did you measure the volume of the water in the cups? (We used a syringe to put the water into a graduated cylinder.)
• Where in the classroom did water evaporate most quickly? (By the window, because the air temperature was higher due to the heater and lots of sunlight.)
• Where did it evaporate the slowest? (On the floor, in the cupboard, etc where air temperatures were lower)