HOT CHOCOLATE MATH STEM ACTIVITY

Our January STEM activity tasted delicious.

Our mission was to find out how many different combinations of hot chocolate could we make using 3 different flavors.

White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Milk Chocolate

3 different toppings

Whip Cream, Mini Marshmallows, and Large Marshmallows

2 different sprinkles

Candy Sprinkles or Cinnamon

We worked with a partner finding the total number of ways a person could build a cup of hot chocolate with pictures. 

 

We were having so much fun recording our findings, but we had to stop and enjoy a "real" cup of the hot stuff!  

We could add real mini marshmallow and whip cream to our own cup of the good stuff.

YUMMY

Farm Bureau visit in January

Our visits with Kim Douglas from Farm Bureau are always enjoyable.  This time she read, "Tops and Bottoms."

This book taught that we eat certain foods that are roots, other garden foods we eat are stems, leaves, and flowers.

We made a cute craft.

AR PARTY

YEAH!

Every second grader met their AR goal for the second nine weeks and enjoyed our party.

We had the most fun eating cookies, drinking juice, and playing a variety of game board games.

BUG LADY

Once again we had a visit with the Bug Lady.  She brought with her many fun, exciting, and scary creatures.  As she brought out each critter she told facts about each animal.

Here are some pictures!  YES there is a SNAKE!!!  We were allowed to touch or pet each animal if she said it was safe.

 

Candy Cane Fun

Candy Cane

Science

STEM

We had a great time eating candy canes during the month of December but we also had fun doing science experiments.  

One of our experiments was dissolving candy canes in various types of liquids to see which would dissolve the candy quicker.  We used water, vinegar, lemon juice, cooking oil, 7-Up, and sugar water.  It was exciting to see which dissolved quicker.  Cooking oil did nothing to the candy cane!  The 7-Up was the winner dissolving the candy the quickest.  

The second experiment we tried was to see if we could get a candy canes to fizz or erupt.  We all made a prediction whether the candy would blow up and erupt or fizz.

You should have seen the kids eyes pop out and hear their squeals as the candy cane fizzed.

Here are some pictures.

Farm Bureau visits again

Karla Boone and Stacie Seiter  visited the second grade classrooms to teach us another part of  "Who Grew Our Soup?"

Mrs. Boone read the adorable book called, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."

With the turn of each page the little caterpillar ate and ate more fruits, vegetables, and yes...some junk food!   As every page turned, the little guy grew bigger and bigger.  This is just like people.  We need to eat the right foods that help us to grow big and strong.   We can't go a single day without thanking a farmer or rancher who grew our food.

They let us build a hungry caterpillar.  We glued pom poms to make our hungry caterpillar.

Autumn, Avery, and Brody show off their hungry caterpillars.

Pumpkin Pie in a Bag!

Second graders tried their hand at making pumpkin pie!  This pie didn't require any baking.  We just needed zip lock bags and the supplies.

In the first bag we worked as a team and crushed graham crackers that would be our crust.

In the second bag went milk and vanilla pudding that we squished together.  Next step was adding the pumpkin and spices.  When the spices were added, the room smelled yummy! Now came more squishing.

We poured the pies in our cups and had to wait until it was chilled.  

Later that afternoon we enjoyed our pies.

We added whip cream and gobbled our creations!

YUMMY!

PUMPKIN PIE IN A BAG