I am a work at home mum of 2, running a business as a Zumba Instructor in the beautiful tree-lined city of Sheffield. I love being a mum, but do find the journey to be full of interesting and varied challenges. This blog is intended as a record of what we see, discover and how we develop in thinking. From the outset we have been very reflective in our role, but that doesn't mean it has been plain sailing. Thanks for reading
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Sugarcube Mountain
Today we decided to have a cuddly day, with a bit of shopping, but it turned into a bit more work on our River project. We watched some brilliant videos - LINK soon. Read a few books, and decided to do a bit of an activity to demonstrate erosion and how it works over time on a mountain through weathering. We used a fantastic experiment outline on Science Fair Adventure website . The set up involved a bit of maths - looking at square numbers as we lay out the sugar cubes in square numbers. We had 25, 16, 9, 4, and 1 on our layers. I just love the artistry in mathematics, so this was particularly exciting for me!!!
Once we had made the mountain we began the process of prescipitation - with coloured water to make the process clearer . Adding bit by bit, and noticing the erosion of the sugar cubes. The kids thoroughly enjoyed this, and both seem to have a better understanding of erosion now. 
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