Format
I. Welcome
II. Looking More Closely at Water
III. Surface Tension Experiments
IV. Sinking vs.floating Experiments
V. Density Experiments
VI. Conclusions and Questions
Objectives
Students will discuss the properties of water.
Students will experiment with and observe the surface tension of water.
Students will classify different objects as floating and sinking and discuss density.
Students will see the effects of pressure on water.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NS.K-4.1 Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understanding about scientific inquiry
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
Properties of objects and materials
Position and motion of objects
NS.K-4.4 Earth and Space Science
Properties of earth materials
State Standards
P.PM.01.11 Demonstrate the ability to sort objects according to observable attributes such as color, shape, size, sinking, or floating.
P.PM.01.21 Demonstrate that water as a liquid takes on the shape of various containers.
P.PM.02.12 Describe objects and substances according to their properties (color, size, shape, texture, hardness, liquid or solid, sinking or floating).
S.IA.03.13 Communicate and present findings of observations and investigations.
P.PM.04.23 Compare and contrast the states of matter.