How can we speed up the process of dissolving?

Today in science, we discussed how we can speed up the dissolving process. First, I gave a pair of students a water bottle and a fruit punch mix. I asked them to make my favorite drink. I asked none of them to shake it and they all did!! Lol. They told me that shaking the mixture would help the mix dissolve!! So smart!! We also did another exploration where the had four cups, put salt into 2 and then sand into the other 2. They then stirred 1 salt cup and 1 sand cup and made observations. They are so smart!! They are becoming quite the scientists!!

We also discussed what remained constant in our exploration...amount of water, amount of salt and sand, and six of cups.

Isabelle pouring the mix into the water.

Isabelle speeding up the process by shaking the mixture.

Kristina observing the properties of salt and sand.

Justin adding the water.

Spencer and Jeffrey working together.

Justin, Micah, and RJ recording their data.