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 * Session 1**

Learning Targets:
 * I can compare the ways different liquids mix and explain how they are different.
 * I can explain my observations in writing.

Materials:
 * Science notebook copies [|mixingdrops.dot]
 * dropper bottles of oil, corn syrup, and colored water
 * waxed paper
 * additional liquids in containers
 * damp paper towels
 * stirring sticks


 * 1) Review what students discovered in drop experiments. Share observations and discoveries.
 * 2) Make predictions about how the liquids will mix. What will happen if we mix water and oil? What about corn syrup and water? Oil and corn syrup? Write some predictions down on the board.
 * 3) Students try mixing drops on waxed paper. They may also try to stir the liquids with a stick. Questions to ask: Does it matter if you put the water down first and then add the oil, or do the oil first and then do the water? What happens when you mix all three liquids together? What happens when you try to stir the liquids together with the stick?
 * 4) Record observations on science notebook sheet.
 * 5) Share observations in the big group. Double check our predictions.


 * Session 2**

Learning Targets:
 * I can explain what happens when I put different liquids in water.
 * I can explain my observations in writing.

Materials:
 * science notebook copies
 * dropper bottles of oil, corn syrup, and colored water
 * container of water for each table


 * 1) Explain that today we are going to observe what happens when we drop different liquids in water.
 * 2) Questions to ask: What happens when you drop the colored water into the water in the container? What about the oil? Corn syrup? Can you make one drop fall on top of another? What happens when you try to move the drops around in the water? When you stir the water?
 * 3) In Science Notebooks, write: "When we dropped _____________ in the water, we saw _____________"
 * 4) Come to discuss on the rug. Talk about how some of the drops floated and other sank in the water.