Ideas on how to teach children the concept of sinking and floating?

Question

I have a uni assignment and need to come up with 7 ideas on how to teach children the basic concept of sinking and floating. For example, one of my ideas is reading them the book 'who sunk the boat'. Has anyone else got ideas on how I could teach them? Thanks for any input.

Answer 1

This is my favorite!
okay, take a peice of bread and show it floats (use like a clear glass container or something), then take another slice and scruch it up so there it would sink in water. That way they uunderstand the concept of materials not being an issue.
Hope I helped!

Answer 2

There's a cool Baby Einstein book called What Floats? (Bear with me here...) Even though this is a book primarily for infants, the concept and thinking behind it is amazing.

I float beside my Mommy
As quiet as can be.
Beside me floats a bubble --

Now what else can I see?
There's a froggy on a lily pad,
A turtle on a log,
A long-nosed alligator green,
All floating in the bog.

I look around the quiet lake --
Who's paddling to by two?
A kitten and a puppy dog
Aboard a red canoe!

Now all these things are floating
But basically, I think,
Shells and stones and rocks and sand
Don't float because they sink!

It's curious how a ship floats by,
As heavy as can be,
While a pebble drops with a little plop,
And sinks beneath the sea!
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There are tons of great concepts in there. Good luck with the assignment!

Answer 3

After the book and teaching some basic concepts allow students to think of items they think will sink or float. The best learning for children is experiemental and hands on for abstract concepts. Have a circle and let each student come up one at a time to test their item in a little pool outside or a bucket inside while the rest of the kids watch and wait their turn. The kiddie-pool is fun because they can all sit around it and actually see (it will help keep their attention) and then let them have water play afterwards.

Answer 4

Sinking And Floating

Answer 5

1. Go to a community center and talk to a lifeguard about your
assignment.
2. It's wrong to throw children in the pool to see if they will sink or swim because you could get in trouble with the law!
3. Try Google: How to teach concept of sinking & floating to children?
4. Go to the library and talk to the librarian in the elementary section about teaching concept of sinking & floating to children.
5. Combine reading with hands on experience. If children see it they will remember it longer! Keep their attention is the key!

Answer 6

A bowl of water, and various objects that sink or float the kids can put in the bowl of water. Bring in small toys, rocks, toy boats, paper boats, empty clean dry coffee filters float, coins sink, etc.
Then ask the kids to weigh the objects that sink or float on a simple seesaw balance board made out of a big book and a fat marker pen.

Answer 7

a bucket of water and some rocks, feathers, foam peanuts, real peanuts, soap, and a ton of other items lying around the house. Hold up each item and ask, will this sink or float? Winners get stars on a chart. Hands on learning is really the best. Books are good for back-up so they can explain the whys and hows.

Answer 8

Set up a little experiement!!! My 2nd grade teacher did this. She brought a tank of water and she asked the class to bring in something that they were allowed to put in the water. We each brought something. She put about 8 of the items (we guessed if it was gonna sink of float) in the tank, some floated and some sank. Then she asked us what we observed...and then she explained the concept and we had to guess if it was gonna sink or float...this helped her understand if we understood the concept. hope this helps! oh, and it would be a good idea to do this and follow it w/ that book of yours! good luck!

Answer 9

Set up a small tank of water. Then get a number of objects of various densities but of the same apparent size. Also get a small container the same size that you can put water in. Weigh each object, including a small amount of water. Then demonstrate that the items weighing less than an equal volume of water float where the ones weighing more sink.

Answer 10

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