Today I attended a “celebration of learning” day in
Clark’s class. They have all been
learning about Matter and how you can change the states of Matter. It was actually a lot of fun to see Clark so
independent and learning so much. We did
an experiment together and I just continue to be amazed by the amount of
technology kids are learning in 1st Grade! The kids have all learned how to use
Quicktime, PhotoBooth, and the basics of iMovie this year. Clark had a poster he created about matter
hanging outside. There was a QR code on
it, and when we scanned the code, a QuickTime movie popped up with Clark
explaining his poster and why matter is so important. He showed me how to do it all. I felt like such an old fogey. And don’t even get me started on the kid’s
skills with the Smart Board. Our
experiment was mixing milk and oil and shaking it up and seeing what would
happen. He was convinced the oil would
float on top of the milk, but when we shook up the bottle, he got a little
concerned. I told him we should go read
his science book and then go back in a few minutes to look at it. When we came back, he was so excited and
happy that the oil had separated and was floating on top of the milk. See, Mom’s are good for some things! For everything else, there are QR codes. ;-)
