Mixtures and Transformations

By Megan Grable
ECED 304
 ● Bowls

● water

● Cornstarch

Materials ● Pitcher

Ooblek ● Spoons

● Color tablets
What did you enjoy
about the Making
Mixtures activities?
What did you learn from the Making Mixtures activities?
How did this experience affect your ideas about physical
science, chemistry and science process skills for young
children?
 ● How does the water change the
consistency of the mixture?

● What other ingredients could be

What questions did this added to the mixture that would
activity raise for you? make it different?

● What would happen to the

mixture if I was frozen?

● What would happen if I heated

it up?
Looking at the Science Foundations: Scientific Inquiry or
Physical Science find one foundation that you explored or
learned and briefly explain why and how you would scaffold it
using mixtures or transformations
One Foundation I explored:
In Physical Sciences-Changes in Non-living objects and
materials “2.1 Demonstrate an increased awareness that
objects and materials can change in various ways.
Explore and describe in greater detail changes in objects
and materials (rearrangement of parts; change in color,
shape, texture, form, and temperature).” (CDE, 2012)
How I would use it:
With the children allowing them to explore how the
materials change based on what is added, how the
mixture can be soft or firm depending on the ingredients
that are used. The important part is to allow the
children to navigate the materials using a constructivist
approach to learning with open reign on using the
materials how they see fit and allowing them to observe
the reactions of the different ingredients together.
● Charlesworth (2016). Chapter 3-3 and 3-4. pp. 94-108.
● EMS, LHS (2017). Exemplar - Baking Soda and Vinegar
● EMS, LHS (2017). Making Mixtures Recipe Booklet
● CDE (2013). California preschool learning foundations (vol. 3) - Science: Scientific Inquiry or Physical Science - pp. 61-72
● CDE (2013). California preschool curriculum framework (vol. 3). entific Inquiry or Physical Science- pp. 153-195

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