Thursday 20 March 2014

Little Scientists

Jolly Jumping Jelly Beans, what makes POPCORN pop?

If you read yesterday's post you will have a clue that the second of our two sounds we are learning about this week is 'p'.  We know that popcorn has that sound twice and that we love to eat it, but what we didn't know was:  What makes popcorn pop?

After some research via Suzy's World and our own experiment.  Here's what two of our super scientists had to say in their own words...

"The hot takes the cover off the popcorn.  When the cover comes off, the popcorn comes out."  Jonny

"After popcorn has popped, the inside is on the outside and the outside is on the inside.  It's inside out!  Luque

We also found out you can't use any old corn.  It needs to be corn specially grown for popping.

Here is the corn heating up and starting to pop...




Pop, pop, pop!...



Tasting the popcorn (for experimental purposes only, of course)




Our big book this week is called Jolly Jumping Jellybeans and the first sound we learnt about this week was 'j' (how convenient).  While we ate our popcorn we watched a 'movie' on how jelly beans are made.  We learnt that jelly beans are made up of two parts.  We sucked on our jelly beans of all different colours and flavours (again, only for experimental purposes, of course), and discovered what was inside was the same no matter what flavour.  Inside, all jelly beans look like this...



18 comments:

  1. I loved discovering how jellybeans are made.
    Mrs Forrest

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  2. We had popcorn at home.
    Jonathan

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  3. We ate popcorn and the popcorn jumped up.
    Aikona

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  4. The popcorn popped up when the lid wasn't on it. And it fell on the ground.
    William

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  5. Jellybeans are sweet.
    MacRae

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  6. we will make it again
    breanna t

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  7. I like sucking jelly beans.
    Hunter

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    1. I like sucking jelly beans, but we don't eat them often. Do you eat them often?

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  8. l like the jelly because it wriggles.
    Madeleine

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  9. i like pop corns and taste delicious. I love jelly beans.

    Tayla

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  10. Jelly beans are sweet like a treat and they are treaties. Jelly beans are really yum to eat. You have to brush your teeth after eating them. They are yum.
    Jonny

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  11. I LIKE THE JELLYBEANS.
    ELINA

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  12. I like popcorn and jelly beans.
    Jemima

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  13. Popcorn jumps up when it cooks.
    Samuel T

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  14. Yummy and what a fun class on popcorn

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  15. Yummy - fun class learning about popcorn!!!

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  16. Popcorn is yummy and its scrumptious and i love it!
    ~ Noah. :)

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  17. jonny likes the jellybeans. They are juicy. Jellybeans are yummy to eat! The jellybeans are sweeter than juice and they are yummy for your tummy. You need to brush your teeth.

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