Sink or Float | NPT3
10/28/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Build literacy skills while making predictions with this sink-or-float activity.
It's fun to learn about new concepts in a hands-on way. This family does just that with a sink-or-float activity you can try at home. Talk about what sinking and floating actually mean. Then experiment with different objects. Ask your kids to make a prediction about each item before putting them in a bucket or sink of water. You can record your predictions, results and observations on a chart.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Sink or Float | NPT3
10/28/2022 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
It's fun to learn about new concepts in a hands-on way. This family does just that with a sink-or-float activity you can try at home. Talk about what sinking and floating actually mean. Then experiment with different objects. Ask your kids to make a prediction about each item before putting them in a bucket or sink of water. You can record your predictions, results and observations on a chart.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- So we're gonna check all these items and see whether they sink or float.
My kids love to read, but sometimes it's fun to learn about new concepts in a hands-on way.
Today, we are learning what objects sink and float.
A Sesame Street Video on the PBS site helps start conversation about syncing and floating.
- [Narrator] Let's discover something about sink or float.
- We talk about what sinking actually means, when an object goes below the surface.
Floating is when an object stays above the surface.
Then we actually experiment with different objects.
I ask my kids to make a prediction about each item before putting them in water.
- I think it's gonna float because this kind of basketball is like a foamy one.
- We record our results on a chart and then take it a step further.
What was similar about the items that sank?
Weight, shape, it all matters.
(laughs) - Oh.
- Oh!
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
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