Mentos Explosions!

Learner:  Shreya  Learning Coach: Luisa Maloni    Date: 13th March, 2015

Learning Area: iExperience: Mentos, Coke and Baking Soda Experience

Learning Observed

We had an explosive afternoon this Friday as we experimented with Mentos, Coke and baking soda. All of the learners were very excited to see what would happen when we put the lollies (Mentos) into the coke. I asked the learners what they thought might happen when we put the Mentos lollies into the coke. Shreya’s answer is recorded below in the video clip.

Evidence of learning

Shreya is able to make a prediction based on her previous experiences with experiments.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

Shreya is demonstrating her ability to make Connections between what she knows already and what is new. She is making sense of and building her understandings of these new experiences. (Thinking). In sharing her ideas with the group she is practising the key competency of Participating and Contributing.

Next Learning Steps

Ask simple questions about new experiences e.g. I wonder what would happen if… or I wonder why….etc… Review her predictions at the end of an experiment