White Tree Preschool

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White Tree Preschool, Westbury Park Methodist Church, 4 North View, Westbury Park, Bristol, BS6 7QB

Tel: 07804 269289

Email: whitetree_preschool@yahoo.co.uk

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'Learning Together and Having Fun'

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Hands-on Science

The children enjoyed the 'Dancing Raisins' experiment, seeing how the chemical reaction made gas bubbles attach to the raisins which lifted them up in the glass, until the bubbles burst at the surface and the raisins fell back to the bottom of the glass again. We learnt lots of vocabulary - mixing, stirring, dissolving, solution, reaction, acid, gas.

"When I'm not at White Tree, White Tree's in my heart..."

Artie (aged 3)

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Watching the raisins 'dance' as they rose up to the surfae of the glass then fell back down to the bottom again.

Adding the bicarbonate of soda.

Stirring until the bicarbonate of soda had dissolved.

Adding the vinegar.

At the start of the experiment, pouring tepid water into our glass. Then we added the raisins and wathed as they sank straight to the bottom.