Observation of a Candle

As part of our new Inquiry learning we became scientists! We used some of the skills that scientists used - observing, collecting, comparing and predicting, to see what happened to a candle when it was lit.
We already had some ideas about what would happen, but looking really closely and using our observation skills we found some new things that we hadn't thought about. We noticed that the flame of the candle was actually blue at the bottom and that the wax didn't dribble down like we thought it would.
We have had discussions this week about 'States of Matter' and we noticed that the candle was 'solid' but after it was exposed to heat it became a 'liquid' (wax).  We saw the heat affecting the air above the candle too.