Last week in kindergarten we had ice pop inspiration. Some kindergartners drew pictures showing how ice pops are made. Many of these drawings featured some kind of container, wooden stick, and liquid. Several drawings included rectangular "freezers." Many children used numbers to indicate the sequence of the steps involved in making and eating ice pops.
Teachers gathered supplies based on kindergartners' drawings. Available to children during project time were paper cups, pieces of foil, wooden sticks, pencils, a pitcher of water, a container of fruit punch-flavored Gatorade, two trays, and an empty freezer.
How to Make Ice Pops with Water and Gatorade
2. Pour water in one paper cup.
3. Pour Gatorade in the other paper cup.
4. Cover both cups with pieces of foil.
5. Insert wooden sticks so your name shows above the foil.
6. Make room for the cups in the freezer.
7. Keep water and Gatorade cups in freezer overnight.
What do you think will happen to the water in the freezer?
What do you think will happen to the Gatorade in the freezer?
What do you think will happen to the cups of water and Gatorade we left in the classroom on the table?
