Working process

JANUARY: 

Project Announcement

Presentation of the teachers working on the project

Presentation of the kindergartens involved in the project

Signing students permission documents

Teacher, student, parent survey (Google forms)

Distribution of the teacher tasks

FEBRUARY:

Let's purify our water ourselves! - Whit objects that we use every day, children will purify cloudy water. For this we need: two transparent glasses, a napkin and cloudy water. Pour muddy water into one glass, unfold the napkin lengthwise, wrap it like a rope. Place both ends of the napkin in the cups. After a while, the muddy water will begin to clear and fill the other glass. (there is a picture on page 8.1).

How to make an hourglass from waste materials? -  For this we need: 2 identical empty water bottles (small), wide tape, sand, funnel (can also be made of paper), sieve, small piece of nylon.

Children will sift the sand 2 times to make it finer. We're going to cut the bottles in half. We insert the upper part into the lower part and tape well. We cover the opening of one bottle with nylon and tape it tightly. We drill a hole in the nylon (small - it depends on how fine the sand is). Before connecting the two parts of the second bottle, we pour the sand inside. Finally, we connect the two bottles and .. done! Children will measure with a clock how long it takes for the sand to run out.

Let`s find out if plants breathe.

Things needed: a large transparent bowl, a freshly torn large green leaf, scissors, water. Fill the bowl with lukewarm water, submerge the whole leaf in the water and leave the bowl in a spot with plenty of sunlight. After a few hours, you will witness an interesting effect – the entire sheet will be covered with small oxygen bubbles. There will also be bubbles around the rim of the bowl. What is happening?  When breathing, the leaf takes in O and releases H2O and CO2.

Try to tear off the leaf with the stalk from the stem. After the experiment, we will immerse it in a glass container and after a while roots will sprout.

Activating children`s English vocabulary with words from the themes -water, plant, napkin, hourglass, mud, clean, oxygen. During the activities, children will learn English words and pronounce them correctly. We will make a video.

Web 2.0 games - children will arrange picture puzzles from the month's themes(Jigsaw Planet)

Common product – eBook about activities in February.

MARCH:

Let's learn why rain is not salty!
Water in nature is constantly changing from one state to another. Thanks to this, the water changes its place. It passes through the air, from the air to the soil, to the plants and back. This movement of water between the ground and the air and the transition from one state to another is called the water cycle. When water is heated by the Sun, some of it evaporates and turns into water vapor. The most water evaporates from rivers, seas, oceans and dams. Water vapor rises high into the sky where the air is colder. There, the water vapor cools and liquefies. This is how small water droplets are formed, which collect and turn into clouds. The water in the clouds returns to the ground in the form of rain, snow, hail.
We all know that the water in seas and oceans is salty. But then why is the rain not salty?
Let's find out!
For this you need: a glass of water, salt, a spoon, a candle. Pour and stir a teaspoon of salt into a glass of water. It is scooped out of the already salted water with the spoon and heated with the candle. Result: the salt remains on the spoon, and the water has evaporated. Salt is heavier than water. Conclusion: Salt is heavier than water. That's why the rain isn't salty!

Can we make a toy out of plastic caps?

We will need: a lot of caps, a strong thin rope ... and an engineering thought.

Let's ask the kids what toy they want and help them make it.

Is it possible to make a strong bridge out of paper?

 All we need is a piece of paper and three full, unopened metal beverage cans. The task is to build a paper bridge between the two boxes. And one more thing - it should be strong enough to last the third box!
Here's the secret: you place a piece of paper on a flat surface and fold it in a zigzag pattern (like an accordion). Place the finished bridge on the two boxes. Carefully place the third box on the bridge and… done!
What is happening? A flat sheet of paper is not good for a bridge because as soon as you put any weight on it, it collapses. However, when folded, many small walls are formed, connected to each other, and the weight is distributed evenly over them. Each fold is triangular in shape and this is one of the strongest and most stable structures used in construction.

Activating children`s English vocabulary with words from the themes - bridge, fire, salt, toy, paper.

We will photograph the child. We will put the photo into the Chatterpix (Chatter Kid) app and record the child saying the words.

Common product – Web 2 games created from photos of February and March activities. In the month of March, our common product is the created educational Web 2 games, which are created with the photos from the topics in the project.

APRIL:

Let's make paper airplanes!

Let's make paper airplanes of different shapes and find out how they fly.

When we launch the airplane forward, the air goes around its wings and creates aerodynamic force. If we change the launch angle, the airflow also changes and carries the plane further or brings it down to the ground faster.

Attach a paper clip to the nose of the aircraft. Does its flight change?

(The extra weight gives the plane more forward force and helps it fly farther when we throw it).

Each participant has the task of writing a certain letter by arranging the paper airplanes. When everyone uploads a photo of their letter I will link them and write the name of the project with them.

Children will write the designated letter with several paper airplanes. We will upload the photo of this letter to the "General product" page - 10.7.

The collage with the photos from the making of the planes - on page 10.1.

Link to the list of letters we need to craft:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z4IMrIBgyyhDnnD7kwdyaLea_5y9Eiv269HKTBdRuMo/edit?usp=sharing 

A volcano in a apple

Materials needed: an apple, two tablespoons of baking soda, three tablespoons of vinegar, paint powder and some kind of tray in which to do the experiment.

Carve a crater in the middle of the apple with a knife. The hole should be cylindrical to the middle of the apple. Place the apple in the middle of the tray and pour the soda into the crater. Pour the paint powder over the baking soda, stirring gently. Finally, carefully and slowly pour the vinegar into the crater.

Enjoy the volcano erupting directly from the apple.

What is happening?

After mixing the baking soda and acetic acid, this chemical reaction occurs – like a volcano!

Let's make a kaleidoscope!

A kaleidoscope is a cylinder of mirrors containing colorful objects of various shapes - beads, pebbles, paper, pieces of glass. When the viewer looks from one side, light enters from the other end, creating colorful patterns. The kaleidoscope was invented by a Scotsman. Together with the children we will construct our kaleidoscope and observe beautiful shapes.

What is the  "Rainbow" phenomenon. Can we make a real rainbow?

A rainbow is observed in the presence of water droplets in the air and the presence of sunlight coming from behind the observer at a low angle or height. A rainbow is a multicolored part of a circle. The full color series is red,orange,yellow,green,blue, indigo and violet. Sometimes you can see pink in the rainbow, but this is not the natural color. A rainbow can also be seen near waterfalls and fountains.

We're going to make a real little rainbow with this fun science experiment. We will understand how rainbows are formed. We will need:

a jar full of water, a white sheet of paper, a sunny day (for better effect in the morning or late afternoon when the sun is lower).

Hold the jar of water on the white sheet. Sunlight refracts in the water and forms a rainbow on the paper under the glass. Try holding the jar at different heights and see if anything changes in the rainbow. Finally, draw a rainbow.

Activating children`s English vocabulary with words from the themes - airplane, apple, carousel, rainbow.

We'll put the child's picture into ToonAI and make his avatar. We will then record how the avatar pronounces the words in Chatterpix.

MAY:

Presentation of all final products

Surveys