IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

As you have heard, there was a mysterious leak at the Children’s Museum that we were invited to investigate.  I know we shared some of the story from our trip already, but I wanted to give more detail to what the students have been working on.  When we were at the museum the students were in different groups according to different museum exhibits that had water: Water Clock, Dock Shop, Pond, Aquarium, and Cannon.  In their groups they gathered data about the water from their site.  It was so exciting to see the children using the science tools that we had been using in class.  They were able to share information about reading the thermometers and using the hydrometers with the volunteers leading the groups from the museum.

When we returned to school each group had data to share.  We spent time talking in our groups and then sharing information with the class.  We also had a water sample from each exhibit at the museum.  We were able to recreate the stain with the water samples to see if we could figure out which exhibit made the stain.  After analyzing the data and looking at our recreated stains our class agreed that the aquarium had to be the exhibit that was leaking.  We also, received a note from Mrs. Clark’s class letting us know that they made the same conclusion!

Today we started writing letters to the museum to tell them what we think about the leak and share our data to support our conclusion. We’ll revise and edit our letters later this week!

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