Just like oil and water don't mix, people have difficulties too. We have different personalities. Mix water and oil to show how it works. Add a few drops of food coloring to a glass of water. Pour 2 tablespoons of the colored water along with the 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into the bottle. With the lid screwed on tightly, shake the bottle hard. Put the bottle back down and have a look. Ask students to observe and connect to their feelings about a friend or relative to whom they have trouble connecting. Lastly, put in the dish-washing liquid. It is attracted both water and oil and emulsifies the other two. Consider what person or variable could substitute as the dishwasher liquid in the conflicted relationship.
No two snowflakes are the same just as no two human beings are the same. Children can create their own snowflake and celebrate the diversity of their species. Use a pipe cleaner and cut into three equal sections. Twist together into a shape similar to a six-sided star. Attach a piece of string to the top and tie the opposite end to a small wooden pencil or rod for hanging purposes. With teacher's assistance, fill a jar with hot boiling water. For each cup of water add 3 tablespoons of borax. Add 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir until dissolved. As an option you can add some blue food coloring. Place the snowflake into the jar with rod or pencil resting against the edge. Leave overnight. The next day the snowflake will be covered in crystals. Hang around the classroom.
Bright colors evoke nice feelings. Rainbows are usually associated with happy feelings. Make a rainbow by taking a glass of water and paper to a part of the room with sunlight. Hold the glass of water above the paper. Observe the sunlight as it passes through the glass of water, bends and forms a rainbow of colors on the paper. Ask students to explain how they feel when looking at the rainbow. For an extension, have them draw a rainbow and write a caption underneath such as "Rainbows make me feel delightful." For younger students, generate a list of adjectives.
As a balloon fills with warm air, it expands and changes composition. In the same way, people become hotter by degrees and eventually have an angry outburst if they don't calm down. Ask students to think of the expression "full of hot air." Show them how it works with a simple balloon experiment. Place the mouth of the balloon over an empty bottle. Put the bottle of water in a pot of hot water. Observe as the balloon expands. Ask students to think about what happens when they become overheated. Ask quesions such as "What words are associated? Are they negative or positive feeling words? How can we avoid bursting?"