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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.  

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.

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