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Different Material—Different Drying Time
Children choose items of different materials and determine which absorbs more water and which dries faster.
Does It Float?
Have children test objects to see if they will float or sink. Instruct children to place the objects in the “sink” or “float” half of a poster board based on what happened.
Explore Together (indoors): Balls: Float or Sink?
Test children’s predictions and have them record which balls float and which ones sink.
Explore Together (indoors): Boats Afloat
Challenge children to make a boat that will hold the biggest load and still float on the water.
Explore Together (indoors): Drop Size and Shape
Have children explore how water drops behave on different surfaces.
Explore Together (indoors): From Here to There
Group children into teams to figure out ways to move water from one tool to another.
Explore Together (indoors): How Much Weight?
Continue to explore how much weight their boats can hold and still float using various materials.
Explore Together (indoors): Introduce Water Drops
Have children explore squirting or dripping to make drops. Encourage them to notice how drops flow, drop size, shape, and how many.
Explore Together (indoors): Pour & Squirt
Set up three stations at the water table to allow groups to explore different ways of moving water.
Explore Together (indoors): Pour, Squirt, & Pump
Divide children into four groups to explore moving water with their hands, plastic cups, funnels, basters, and water pumps.
Explore Together (indoors): Water Tools: Introduce Tubing
Have children continue to explore moving water. Add plastic tubing to the set of materials that children can use to move water.
Explore Together (outdoors): Building Dams
Take children outdoors again to continue exploring the flow of water, this time to make dams.
Explore Together (outdoors): Changing Water Flow
Have children observe how water changes directions and slows down or speeds up as it flows down a hill.
Explore Together (outdoors): Disappearing Water
Children paint with ice cubes and trace puddles with chalk to observe the water evaporate.
Explore Together (outdoors): Explore Float and Sink
Provide an assortment of objects for children to test whether they will float or sink. Have them record the results on a chart.
Explore Together (outdoors): Explore Water on Surfaces
Have children explore how water behaves on different surfaces outside.
Explore Together (outdoors): Make More Drops
Add new materials to explore with and have children continue to explore how water drops behave on different surfaces.
Explore Together (outdoors): Making Waterways
Take children outdoors again to continue exploring the flow of water, this time to make waterways.
Explore Together (outdoors): Milk Carton Boats
Have children make milk carton boats. Have them collect things outside to use as weights and see how many objects their boats can hold.
Explore Together (outdoors): Turns and Pools
Explore the flow of water. Have children collect materials to change the water flow and form pools.