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Bathtub Science
Have your child explore water at bath time with plastic containers of different shapes and sizes.
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.
Float and Sink Art
Have children choose some objects to test whether they float or sink. Glue the floating items on one part of a paper plate, and the sinking items on another.
How Much Water?
Have children count how many little cups it takes to fill a bigger cup of water.
Living Under Water
Help your child learn about animals that live in or around water by looking at pictures and imagining life under water.
Small Group: Bag of Objects
Give each child an object to describe and predict if it will float or sink. Test the items and place them in bins labeled “Float” or “Sink.”
Small Group: Drops on a Penny
Have children continue to explore how water drops stick together, and how water drops behave on different surfaces.
Small Group: No Shape of Its Own
Explore the idea that liquids do not have their own shape, but take on the shape of their containers.
Small Group: Sink the Boat
Have children place pennies on their boats and count how many pennies are on the boats before they sink.
Small Group: Water Drop Races
Have children use eyedroppers to squirt and drip water drops on a smooth, vertical surface and compare how the drops flow.