Finding a Solution

Last year during our Science lessons in Year 3 we were doing all sorts of experiments in the classroom like mixing solids, preparing a salad, preparing juice, learning about solutions, and mixtures and how to separate them.

During the test the students had to explain these definitions and one little guy comes up with an answer that had nothing to do with Science but made me laugh. He wrote: "A solution is when two students are fighting and the teacher sits them on opposite sides to talk things through!"

Well if a solution is when one kind of matter dissolves into another, he surely came up with a creative answer. He did not give the answer I was looking for but he reminded me of the many times I had taught them to solve conflicts by talking things over. Relationships are always more important than being right or winning an argument. Never give up finding a solution!