- float
- sink
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Watch Together: “Fish Museum” (PEEP show) #3
STEM Key Concepts: Objects behave differently in water; Some things float; Some things sink; If you add enough weight to a floating object, it will sometimes sink; Solids have physical characteristics that can be observed and described
ELA Focus Skills: Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Follow Directions, Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to watch the PEEP and the Big Wide World video “Fish Museum” again.
Before You Watch
Ask children to think about what they have learned about things that float and things that sink.
As You Watch
Pause before Quack brings some of the objects into the water and have children predict whether it will float or sink. Ask,
- Why do you think it will float? Sink?
After You Watch
Review the video and floating and sinking by asking questions such as:
- Why do you think the balloon would not sink?
- Did you use any of the objects in your float and sink explorations that Quack included at the Fish Museum? What happened?
- What is something new you learned about floating and sinking from this video?
- What questions do you still have about floating and sinking? How do you think you could find the answers?
Educator Tip: Watching and discussing the selected PEEP stories and live-action video clips can spark and extend children’s interest and understanding of water. We suggest that children watch the video clips after they have had an opportunity to do their own initial exploration of water. That way your children can compare their experiences and discoveries with those shown on the video clip and think about what additional water explorations they might like to try.
