Water Activity

Sinking And Floating

WATER

Sinking And Floating

Junior KG / KG1
Duration: 15 Minutes

Introduction

A great science hands-on activity. Through this activity your child gets to think and predict which objects will float and which will sink.

So let’s begin!

Material Required

  • Sinking And Floating- Activity Cutouts
  • Blocks
  • Clips
  • Plastic toys
  • Spoons
  • Container

Activity Aim

Fine motor development  Observation  Concept of sinking and floating  Hand and eye coordination 

Steps

1

Spread a shower curtain or a plastic table cloth. Place a container filled with water and two trays labelled ’float’ and ’sink’. Provide your child with blocks, clips, plastic toys, spoons, keys, metal utensils, popsicle sticks, coins, stones, plastic ball, lego bricks, drinking straw. If you want to make it more interesting for your child, give your child the list of objects and let your child have a hunt to gather the objects.
2

Let your child choose one of the objects and predict if it will sink or float.
3

Ask your child to place the object in the water & observe what happens.
4

Ask why did it happen.

5

Continue the activity until all the objects are placed in the water and observed if they float or sink.
6

Explain why objects sink or float. Objects sink or float based on their density, by how close or apart the molecules are within the object.

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ACTIVITY MATERIAL-
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