in ,

Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Floating and Sinking Lesson Plan

Floating and Sinking Preschool Activities

Objective: To learn about floating and sinking

Message: Objects that float stay on top of a liquid. Objects that sink fall to the bottom of a container of liquid.

Book(s): Floating and Sinking: What Floats? by Jim Pipe

Video: Peep and the Big Wide World: The Fish Museum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV5KV_5nrsU)

Fine Motor Skills:

  • Science page 37
  • Floating and Sinking 1 (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/sink-or-float-1/)
  • Floating and Sinking 2 (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/sink-or-float-2/)
  • Floating and Sinking 3 (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/sink-or-float-4/)

Craft/Activity 1: “Build a Boat” Science pages 38-39

Craft/Activity 2: Experiment with floating and sinking by playing with different objects in water table or container of water. Which objects float? Which objects sink? Make a list.

Basic Skills Review: CCBS pages 513-537

References

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills (Grade P). 2011. American Education Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60996-328-6
DK Workbooks: Science, Pre-K. 2014. DK Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4654-1726-8

Image Credits

Floating and Sinking Preschool Activities © 2015 Heather Johnson

Paint Chip Pumpkin, Candy Corn, Witch, and Monster Crafts

Paint Chip Pumpkin, Candy Corn, Witch, and Monster Crafts

Pregnant Woman Vaccinated with Flu Vaccine

Flu and Tdap Vaccine Combo Confirmed Safe During Pregnancy