Pedagogical documentation 1

Skittles experiment

During group time, the children were told about the plan for the day, which involved conducting a Skittle experiment. After the group time, the children sat in a circle on chairs, and the educator introduced the resources needed for the experiment, such as Skittles, warm water, and a round plate. The children were fascinated by the colours of the Skittles and started naming the colours.

Child A, "I like the red colour".

Child B, "Oh, there is a green colour, can I have it?"

Child C, "No, no, I like yellow".

Child D, "We have water, can I pour it, teacher?"

The educator encouraged the children to identify the colours of the Skittles and then allowed them to arrange the Skittles in an oval shape. The educator asked, "What shape of skittle are we making?" Child E replied, "We are making a circle." Child A said, "It's a rectangle." The educator clarified, "Today, we are creating an oval shape as our plate is oval."

The educator then brought a jug of warm water and encouraged the children to pour it into the center. Each child took turns pouring water from the jug. The colours scatter as the water passes through the Skittles, forming a rainbow. All of the children enthusiastically exclaimed, "Wow, a rainbow!" It was delightful to see the children curiously observing the colours from the Skittles diffusing and moving towards the center, creating distinct regions of colour (Stone-MacDonald et al., 2015).

Dispositions

Curiosity: Children were intrigued by the rainbow-like effect created by the Skittles dissolving in the water and moving towards the center of the plate (ADGE, 2022).

Creativity: The children arranged the Skittles in different shapes using their creative skills.

Persistence: Children persevered until the Skittles dissolved into the water and observed the diffusion process (ADGE, 2022).

Problem-solving: When the first experiment on a square plate didn't work, children tried it on an oval plate.

Understand scientific concepts: Children could distinguish between diffusion, solubility, and temperature's role in chemical reactions (Lange et al., 2019).

Link to EYLF:

Learning outcome 1.1: Children feel safe, secure, and supported.

Learning outcome 4.1: Learning dispositions such as curiosity, cooperation, self-confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination, and reflexivity are developed in children

Learning outcome 4.2: Children develop various skills and processes such as problem-solving, inquiry, experimentation, researching and investigating.

Learning outcome 4.3: Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.

Learning outcome 5.1: Interactions between children are verbal and non-verbal in various ways.

(ADGE, 2022).

Teaching strategies used:

Demonstration: Educators can demonstrate to children how to arrange the skittle in oval and round shapes.

Scaffolding: Children can be scaffolded by slowly pouring the warm water into the middle of the plate.

Encourage: Children were encouraged to recognise the colours of the Skittles and name them (Arthur et al., 2018).

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