https://babbledabbledo.com/science-for-kids-floaters-and-sinkers/ Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 https://babbledabbledo.com/science-for-kids-floaters-and-sinkers/#comment-226488 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:42:13 +0000 https://babbledabbledo.com/?p=65#comment-226488 Love your imagery! “…they surrounded the water table like ants to a piece of fried chicken.”
My preschoolers also love testing if objects will sink or float. I hope at the end of their intense exploration they will understand that heavy objects do sometimes float, leading to the understanding that something other than the weight of an object is at work here. Density is a difficult concept–no need to introduce it until much later– but this activity is a good foundation for later learning. We often use a large pumpkin or other squash as the heavy object.

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