Snow! There certainly has been lots of it around. At Pine Bush Elementary, Molly Terpening’s first grade students were very busy writing about snow and reading lots of fiction and non-fiction books about winter and snow. She decided to complement her literacy instruction with science by having her students – both in class and at home – create snow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We used baking soda and white conditioner to make the snow,” said Terpening. “Each child got a cup to mix the two ingredients. We also made snowflakes with borax and pipe cleaners over our Google meet. That was well received by the kids and their grown-up helpers at home.”