During our work on castles the children we asking questions about burning, and what people who were defending their castles would burn to throw at the enemies.
We split into 2 groups and asked the children what they would like to see if would burn and then predict what would happen.
The children suggested:
Wet and dry paper
Wet and dry wood
String
Play dough
Glass
Metal
Mud and
Straw
Here is what happened...