Our Wonderings

What Will Happen to the Beads in Water?

 

 

Our class was given a package of gel beads.  We decided to experiment with the beads by placing them in our water table.  Before we put them in the water, each student was invited to make a prediction about what might happen to the beads in the water.  Some students thought the beads would disappear, some thought the beads would change colour, some thought the beads would grow bigger or smaller.  We recorded our predictions on a class chart.  Then the beads were placed in clean water on our water table.  We checked on the beads the next morning, and the students were very happy to see thaat the beads had changed.  They grew bigger, and turned a ligher blue colour.