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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.

Explore Together (outdoors): Water Drops

Search outdoors for water flowing down or dripping off surfaces. Have children explore dripping water with their hands.

Explore Together (outdoors): Water Rivers

Make water rivers and streams of flowing water in the dirt and on other surfaces outside.

Family Connection: Unit 9, Week 1, #1

Send a Family Connection letter home with children.

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