The Princess and the Pea

This morning we heard the story of the Princess and the Pea. In the story, the princess could feel the pea in her bed even under lots of mattresses! We investigated which things we could feel a pea under. First we had to predict whether we would be able to feel the pea or not. We talked about how we could test it out and decided to put our hand on it to find out if we could feel the pea. We tried...

Paper

Wood

Fabric

and a cushion

We found out that you can't feel the pea under the cushion or the wood but you can feel it under the paper and the fabric. Although the paper and fabric are soft, you can't always feel the pea through something soft because the cushion was soft. We worked out that you can't feel the pea through things that are too thick.

What other things do you think you could feel a pea through?

How many pieces of paper do you think it would take to not feel the pea anymore?