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TOPIC- Unit-15: Splish Splash
SUB-TOPIC-Sink and float
LEARNING OBJECTIVE- To know that lighter things float and heavier things
sink in water.
DISCUSSION-
● Take a transparent container and fill it with water.
● Take objects and put them in water to see that some float on the surface
of water and some sink to the bottom of water.
● Lighter things like paper, straw, flower, ice-cream stick float on water
whereas eraser, blocks and pebbles sink in water.
● It means the things that float are lighter than water and the things that
sink are heavier than water.
● Activity- To do an experiment and find out the things that sinks or floats
in water.
REVISION QUESTIONS(ORAL)-
1. Why do some objects float on water?
2. Why do some objects sink in water?
3. Does a paper boat float or sink in water?
4. Can a pebble float on water? Why?