*** Can your boat float? ***

What is our theme?
Ocean - Boats 

What is the lesson (overall Purpose): 
To see if your boat sinks, or floats 
   
MA Guidelines/Standards:
PreK-PS2-1 (MA). Using evidence, discuss ideas about what is making something move the way it does and how some movements can be controlled.
PreK-PS2-2 (MA). Through experience, develop awareness of factors that influence whether things stand or fall. Sink or float. 


Learning Outcomes:

• use a balance board or balance scale to manipulate objects, determine when things are balanced, and study how weight and position affect the balance. (coins in the tinfoil boat)

Songs,Books,Video(Motivational Techniques)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNTx_Z5Xq6Q - Ms. Julia Reading a Book 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXbucl3takQ - Book 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbCroDZAEVs - Book 

Materials
Sponge Boat 

• Sponge 
• Popsicle stick and/or stick from outside 
• Paper triangle sail 
• Bowl and/or bucket of water 

Cap Boat 

• Milk and/juice cap 
• Popsicle stick and/or stick from outside 
• Paper triangle sail 
• Bowl and/or bucket of water 
• Glue 
• Tape 

Tinfoil Boat 

• Tinfoil
• Coins 
• Bowl and/or bucket of water 

Activity(Procedure)
Sponge Boat 

1. Gather materials 
2. Poke stick through triangle sail 
3. Poke stick into sponge 
4. Place the boat into water and see if it sinks or floats! 

Cap Boat 

1. Gather materials
2. Glue triangle sail to stick 
3. Glue stick to recycled cap 
4. Place the boat into water and see if it sinks or floats! 

Tinfoil Boat 

1. Gather materials
2. Cut 2-4 different pieces of tinfoil
3. Form into a boat. It can be a square, triangle, or whatever shape you can make. Make sure to make edges on your boat so the coins don't go overboard!
4. Place tinfoil boat in water 
5. Count to see how many coins will fit on your boat before it sinks! 

Activity(wrap up)
What boat sank and what boat floated and why? 

How do I know what my child is learning?(Assessment)
How many coins did it take before the tinfoil boat sank? 

How can you extend the activity (modifications)
See materials and procedure above.

Helpful Hints (pitfalls and solutions)
See materials and procedure above.

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