In this picture, Hillari is showing the class a picture of some solar panels her company uses.
Hillari formed a cloud in a bottle and then demonstrated the effects of high and low pressure by squeezing the bottle.
In this picture, the kids are imitating thunder by blowing air in a paper bag and popping it.
Six kids volunteered to demonstrate static electricity by rubbing ballons on their hair. She explained how positive ions attract negative ions and cause lightning to strike.
She used blue ice in a tub of warm water to demonstrate hot and cold fronts.
Miss Carrie played "Sno Shack" with the kids at recess. They really enjoyed shaving their own ice to make snocones.
The microscope center is always popular. The kids started out looking at ice cubes and frost in the microscope, but soon enjoyed finding other things to see close-up.
Snow painting was also a hit. For our snow paint recipe we mixed a 1/2 cup flour , 1/2 cup salt, and 1/2 cup water. The paintings sparkle when they dry!
Cutting snowflakes was also a popular math center. Some of the kids enjoyed finding shapes and lines of symmetry in their snowflakes.