Lovely Lemons in Discovery Time

In discovery time we washed the windows in Room 9 after Mrs Keane drew on them with oil and crayons and bits of blue tack. First we used just water then we tried lemon juice. That worked really well, especially to get the blue tack off. We wondered if this is why lots of cleaning products have lemon in them? The lemon also smells so nice so maybe that is why they put it in cleaning products as well.
How could we find out?

Making Pikelets for St Pat's Cafe in Discovery time

Making Pikelets for St Pat's Cafe in Discovery time. on PhotoPeach

Jake is learning about Volcanoes.

Jake is interested in volcanoes.
During discovery time Jake wondered about what was inside volcanoes and how they erupted. He did some finding out from the internet and in books.
Mrs Keane helped him make a volcano erupt in the sandpit using baking soda and vinegar and some orange paint to make it look like flames.
Jake told us the baking soda represented the rocks inside the Earth and when he poured in the vinegar that was like the rocks heating up so much that they melted and turned into the hot lava of melted rocks that erupt out of a volcano.

We are discovering different ways we can use paint.

Mackenzie said, “I painted on a silverbeet leaf. It was very soft and the paint looked funny. The blue went dark blue.”

Jake said, “On the bumpy cardboard the paint did not go inside the bumpy bits but on the smooth cardboard it did.”

Ruben said, “I painted on a leaf. It was tricky because the leaves were so little. I wonder what would happen if I used a bigger leaf?”

Ava said,” I painted on an ice cream lid. It was very slippery.”

Isabella said, ”On the bubble wrap the plastic was bumpy and the paint didn’t stick. I could still see through it. I painted on a cardboard roll. That was easy because it was smooth.”

Claire said, “When I used white paint and water it made pink. I wonder if it was because the water was reddish? I painted a plastic lid.”

Owen said, “I found out how to make dark brown when I mixed brown with green.”

Eli said,”I used a brush with just water. The rock looked shiny and dark. You could still see the rock.”