Today I spent the day waiting for a container of ice, hard packed and loose packed snow to melt.  My Grade Ones could not stay in their seats they checked the status of our experiment every 1-2 seconds ! Finally, I resorted to, "Stay away from the experiment", of course this was said in an I mean business teacher voice. Seriously, how hands on was that. The best part of this was I was not even in the room when the experiment was finally ready to be observed as I was off in a meeting. Admittedly, I did help along the loose packed snow container by scooping out the remaining chunk of snow as my class was dashing off to lunch.  The best part is that I felt no guilt.  Tonight I was chatting to my teaching partner  (aka dear friend and fellow lover of the sprinkle doughnut) and I discovered that she also told her class to "Keep their hands off the experiment or they would wreck it ". What a pair we make...