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Next to our children, water is one of the most valuable resources we have on this planet.  Today in Ms. Sue’s Pre-K class, the students performed an experiment about ways in which we can clean water.  Before even starting the activity, Ms. Sue asked the students to name and predicts methods that would clean dirty water.  You can see some of their responses on the screenshot photo of the smart board in their class.  Some of their ideas were to “scrape”  the water, use a wash cloth, and to use “soap and water” to clean the water.    As it turns out, the used a wash cloth over the top of another jar to ask as a filter to clean the water.

The students began their experiment by going outside to get the dirt so they could mix it with the one jar of water to make the dirty water.   After stirring it up, the students then poured the dirty water through the wash cloth that was covering the empty jar.  The students observed that a lot of the dirt and sand that was in the dirty water jar, was collecting on the top of the wash cloth.  They observed that the wash cloth cleaned the water, but did not make it totally clean like it was before the made it dirty.  Nonetheless, one of the lessons learned was that was can actually clean dirty water and that by experimenting, thinking and being creative, we can find solutions to real-world and important problems that we face.

Finally, the last photo shows some of the vocabulary and the writing of one of our Pre-K students.  I find that a student’s vocabulary and their potential for learning dramatically increases as creative teacher like Ms. Sue, use engaging and fun strategies with their students.

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2 Responses to “Dirty Water, Clean Water”

  1. Suzanne
    April 16th, 2010 @ 1:08 pm

    As a parent of two of the students in the class, I have to express my amazement that they found anything wrong with the dirty water. They love mud! But I also have to say that my children have learned so much working with Ms. Sue that it’s astonishing. My whole family (husband, kids, grandparents, etc) love her so much. We are so grateful for Ms. Sue.

  2. groveadmin Scott
    April 16th, 2010 @ 2:13 pm

    Suzanne – Ms. Sue and her class are doing amazing things. I loved today’s activity and I told her and her class today that some of the work they were doing was the same work some schools do in 3rd and 4th grade. Just like I said on our tour together…the best thing we do for our students is to put a great teacher in front of them each and every day. We have certainly done that with Ms. Sue.

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