Tuesday, February 4, 2014

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Scientific Thinking, Flubber

Flubber is a mystifying substance that is both a liquid and a solid at the same time. Its unusual properties make it fascinating to explore. Making flubber is a great activity that fosters literacy skills, math, and science concepts.

As Noel engages in conversation with his peers on the instructions to get the precise amount of each ingredient, he is practicing his literacy skills competence.  The math concept comes into play as Noel uses a measuring tool to quantify the amount of the ingredients. Then, as he observes, communicates, infers, hypothesizes, and defines and controls the variables Noel is putting his science process skills to work.



Noel really enjoys the sensory experience of this entertaining and malleable substance.  He uses it to create many things.



“I like to make it into necklaces. It feels like mushy snakes.”

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