Crack! They kept cracking, with the occasional successful drop. We were trying out our first attempt at our creations to keep the raw egg from cracking. I expected them to crack, it was our first trial after all. I guess I should say I expected them to crack on the ground. I should have known better…
Students were all around the blacktop. Wandering. Celebrating success. Sulking because of failure. Waiting for their turn to drop.
And then JJ came up to me. “Ms. Bless. Ms. Bless!” I ignored him. I was talking to another student. “Ms. Bless. The egg cracked.”
“It’s alright. We are going to try again next week.”
“No. It’s getting in my shoe. It’s cold.”
I looked at him for the first time. His expression wasn’t exactly disappointed, more uncomfortable I would say. His one leg was in an awkward position. My head tilted to the right reflexively and then I understood….
The egg was in his pocket. It cracked. It was dripping down his leg and into his shoe…
“I told him not to put it in his pocket, Ms. Bless. He didn’t listen.” Mitchell said shaking her head.
Yep…
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This brought back memories of trying this activity with my fourth graders, though I will say that I missed out on the cracked egg in the pocket adventure. 🙂
ha! experiments are always fun 🙂 especially because kids find great ways to test things out – thanks for the laugh! The details of you noticing it really helped me visualize your expressions.
(If you want, check out my post – it’s about my cat tonight)
http://hannahshappenings.net/2017/05/17/the-case-of-the-squished-shirt-sol-tuesday