All Modules 45-4 Fantastic Elements of Nature - Module 3

15 Experiment You will need: Two balloons, water, a candle, and matches. Inflate a balloon and place it close to a light candle. Fill a balloon with water and place it close to or over a light candle… observe what happens. o Use the Wheel of inquiry to make hypothesis, explore, document, observe, and conclude. o You can see the video of the experiment here: http://youtu.be/0m-Lr4Z2drc o Let the inquiry guide the conversation. NOTE: The balloon with water takes longer to pop because water is an excellent conductor and keeps the rubber of the balloon fresh, delaying it heating and expansion processes. Experiment Tool for thought: Socratic Dialogues Play with water, freezing it, heating it, or leaving it at the same temperature Ask with true intention for knowing about your students theories, why what is happening is happening. Insist on wanting to know what happens with the water when it is transformed that way Don’t conform yourselves with the answers; keep on inquiring PLASMA What are lightning and stars? Plasma is a state of matter that has dif

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