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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Popcorn!


Today Miss Heidi came in with her popcorn popper.  We read Tomie DePaola's book, Popcorn, and discovered that popcorn was found in a bat cave that was 5,400 years old.  Then Miss Heidi showed us how her popcorn popper worked.  The kids were astounded to know that when I grew up there were no microwaves to make popcorn.

We talked about how the volume of popcorn changes after it has been popped.  We know that you need to add a heat source to make the popcorn pop; and as a special bonus, when you add heat to butter it melts to pour over the popcorn.

Each child read a popcorn book and is taking it home to share with their family.  We all made a list of how popcorn looks, sounds, tastes, feels, and smells.  Then we each wrote a fact we learned about popcorn.  Now we are left wondering what else heat can changed.  Stay tuned!