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ED 3501 ABC
October 23, 2013
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Predict whether the objects presented will float or sink.
2. Categorize objects buoyancy into floating or sinking.
3. Create a boat using the material provided that will float and carrying a light amount of weight while in water.
ASSESSMENTS
Observations: Students actively participating in making
Written/Performance Assessments: Students will hand in their worksheets for categorizing floating and sinking objects and the
boats they created in groups. Students will also be assessed on their participation in the story and boat creation as well as contributing to
whole class discussion.
Floaters and Sinkers (Wood, Marbles, Coins, Tinfoil ball, Bowl, Sponge, Full and Empty Bottles, Pop Can, Cork, Crayon)
Boat Building Materials (Paper plates, Styrofoam Plates and Cups, Popsicle Sticks, Plasticine, Corks, Tinfoil)
Book Who Sank the boat by Pamela Allen
Glass Tank for water
Work sheets
PROCEDURE
Introduction (5 min.):
Hook/Attention Grabber: Youtube video on floating vs sinking pumpkin http://youtu.be/vP40QlC1h7I. Ask the class if
they think a pumpkin will float or sink in water and have them vote. Show youtube video to see what actually happens.
Assessment of Prior Knowledge: Whole class discussion. Ask students: What characteristics does an object needs to have
to make it a floater or sinker? What rules exist for floating and sinking objects?
Advance Organizer/Agenda:
1. Read Who Sank the Boat?
2. Have Students return to their desks, give instructions for next activity and hand out worksheets.
3. List and show students the objects we will be testing and predict whether they will sink or float. Write each object on
the coordinating side of the T-chart.
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ED 3501 ABC
October 23, 2013
Test the objects and write down on the second T-chart what happened to each object once it hit the water.
Constructing Boats -Split students up into groups of 5 to create a boat that will float in water.
Students will test their boats to see if they float and can carry a small amount of weight
Transition to Body: Have students move to the reading/carpet area and introduce the book we will be reading to the class:
Who Sank the Boat?
Closure (5 min.):
Consolidation/Assessment of Learning: Can student categorize and describe objects/materials that will float and sink?
Students were able to construct a boat for the purpose of floating and carrying a light load.
Exit Slip: I will hand out sticky notes at the end of the lesson, I will read and write the three questions on the board: What
did you enjoy most about this lesson? List one thing you learnt about floating objects today? List on thing you learnt about
sinking objects today? Do you have any questions? Students will have 2 minutes to write down their answer and they will
come to the front of the class and put their sticky note on the board.
Feedback From Students: Observe whether student are engaged and excited about experimenting with floating and
sinking objects, and building their own boat. Ask student what they enjoy about experimenting and building a boat. Exit
slips.
Feedback To Students: Mark and mark descriptive feedback/comments on their worksheet. Give each group descriptive
feedback of what they did very well at on constructing their boat and a suggestion for what they could have done
differently or change next lesson.
Transition To Next Lesson: The next lesson on buoyancy and boats students will cover SLO 4. Modify a watercraft to
increase the load it will carry and 8. Adapt the design of a watercraft so it can be propelled through water by
adding to and/or changing the boat they created this lesson.
ED 3501 ABC
October 23, 2013
ED 3501 ABC
October 23, 2013
Sink
What really happened when the object went into the water?
Float
Sink