Celebration of Learning

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 1^st 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.  ;-)