Learning Goals
Students will be able to formulate a prediction about whether a safe familiar classroom object will sink or float based on an observable feature such as big, small, or weight
Students will be able to investigate safe classroom objects in water using a consistent predict-test-observe method
Students will be able to document object-test evidence with drawings, photos, picture symbols, art tools, and the words sink, float, wet, and dry
Students will be able to interpret test results by sorting objects as sinking or floating and comparing features such as big, small, and weight
Students will be able to create and revise artwork that tells what happened to a familiar object in water using varied art-making tools
Students will be able to collaborate to combine individual object-test evidence into shared findings that include expected and surprising results
Students will be able to justify where investigation artwork should be saved or displayed and explain a finding to an audience using descriptive words
Products
Individual Float-and-Sink Investigation Art Book
Each child creates a supported investigation record with a question or prediction, picture-based method, object-test evidence, personal interpretation, revised artwork, and reflection. Children may draw, stamp, place picture symbols, select photos, or dictate words and sentences to an adult.
Collaborative Float-and-Sink Evidence Mural and Family Art Walk Presentation
Teams combine their individual evidence into a labeled mural and test display showing methods, patterns, surprising results, artwork revisions, and new questions. During the Family Art Walk, each child contributes evidence, explains a finding, and helps tell why and where the work is displayed or saved.
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