Floating and Sinking

E-PORTFOLIO INQUIRY, TERM 1

ACHIEVEMENT OBJECTIVES:

Nature of science

Students will:

Understanding about science -

Appreciate that scientists ask questions about our world that lead to investigations

and that open-mindedness is important because there may be more than one

explanation.

Investigating in science

Extend their experiences and personal explanations of the natural world through

exploration, play, asking questions, and discussing simple models.

Communicating in science

Build their language and develop their understandings of the many ways the

natural world can be represented.

Participating and contributing

Explore and act on issues and questions that link their science learning to their

daily living.

Physical world

Students will:

Physical inquiry and physics concepts -

Explore everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces,

electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat.

Seek and describe simple patterns in physical phenomena.

Specific Learning Outcomes:

What are the big ideas?

An object floats if it is less dense than the water it is floating in.

An object floats when its weight is equal to the weight of the water it displaces.

An object floats in water when this upthrust balances the object’s weight.