Friday, March 16, 2012

Sink or Float Experiment




Yesterday I did a sink or float experiment in Owens class. We used a large plastic container that we filled half way with water to test our items. We made a large chart with two columns, Sink and Float, the children each had stickers with their numbers on them to place in whatever column they thought was correct. We used about 15 different items such as; diet soda, regular soda, egg, plastic egg, crayon, paper clip, apple, ball, nuts, straw, spoon and raisins. Owen did really well on his predications; he was right on all but two items. The kids seemed to really enjoy it. We actually had a few first and second graders at the beginning. After the science experiment we stayed outside and made name tags with a variety of beans.
Not very fancy, but a quick chart thatwe made


Tyler testing a straw

Celeste making her guess



The kids working on their name tags -

Owen working hard

Emma thinks she is in school too

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