Will They Layer or Will They Mix?

Thank you to the students and parents for remembering to send our "liquids" to school.  Students did awesome learning about the scientific method through a hands on activity!  After I modeled what happens when you pour blue Gatorade, Diet 7-Up, and cranberry juice together (they layered), the students worked in small groups to decide what liquids they wanted to test out.  As they worked through this, they applied the steps of the Scientific Method that scientist use.

Here are some pics of the students working.  Most of the groups found that their liquids mixed, but there were a few that had some layer.

Congrats to the students who went home and discussed their findings with their parents.  Many parents were right on the mark with the correct answer:  It depends on the density (sugar content) of the liquids if they will layer or mix.  If they have are about the same density, they will mix.  If they are very different in density, they will layer.

Everyone is a super scientist!