Camp Out Day
A great day was enjoyed by our class, camping out on the floor of our classroom with our fake campfire, sure was fun!
We did a mini-science experiment with Glow sticks:
How do glow sticks work? Essentially, you begin the chemical reaction when you bend the glow stick. Bending the stick breaks a thin tube inside the stick and allows a hydrogen peroxide solution and a fluorescent dye to mix together.
We talked about Exothermic and Endothermic reactions:
We made a prediction about wither different temperatures would effect the chemical reactions. The students then placed one cracked glow stick in ice water and one in hot. We waited 5 mins in the dark to watch what happened.
We discovered that the stick in the hot water glowed a lot brighter and we concluded it was because of an Endothermic reaction- The stick absorbed the heat and this caused the chemicals in the stick to react stronger/quicker.
We then had a traditional Canadian camping treat (it wouldn't be camping without S'mores!)
We then camped out in the Library with our reading buddies!
It was also feeding day for our worm bin! Two lucky students got to help out and place the worm food into the bin!
