Divide the classroom into stations; an Olympic event will take place in each area. Place an Olympic event at each station and set up the materials at that event. Make sure you have enough for 10 teams to participate at this event. Classroom Activities Divide the students into small teams of no more than 3 students per team. The teams can give themselves names such as Indian “The Ocean”. Give students a copy of the H2Olympics Scoreboard to tape into their science journal (this table is found on a separate document). They should carry their science journal with them to each station and record their observations. Tell students they will be participating in a Water Olympics to demonstrate some amazing feats of water. Teams of students will start at separate events and may not move until the teacher rings the bell to end that event. The teacher should time the event. Have students find their event and circle this event to begin their record keeping. Model for the students what the events will be like and how to complete the table by conducting the following demonstration. Be sure to practice the demonstration before performing in front of students. : Show students a beaker partially filled with colored water (put one drop of food coloring in water in a beaker of 250 ml or more). Tell them you are going to make water defy gravity as it a tightrope” from the beaker to the container. “walks Hold the beaker, the floss string and the empty container as shown in the illustration. Slowly pour the water down the string. In your data table in the column called Demo, complete the rows in that column. You may want to do this with your students Once all teams have visited all stations, have students compare the results of different events. Assessment: Student should list 3 properties of water and indicate the evidence from this lab that illustrates that water property. Extension (optional if time permits): Students can investigate how soil absorbs water to explore adhesion and
Divide the classroom into stations; an Olympic event will take place in each area. Place an Olympic event at each station and set up the materials at that event. Make sure you have enough for 10 teams to participate at this event. Classroom Activities Divide the students into small teams of no more than 3 students per team. The teams can give themselves names such as “The Indian Ocean”. Give students a copy of the H2Olympics Scoreboard to tape into their science journal (this table is found on a separate document). They should carry their science journal with them to each station and record their observations. Tell students they will be participating in a Water Olympics to demonstrate some amazing feats of water. Teams of students will start at separate events and may not move until the teacher rings the bell to end that event. The teacher should time the event. Have students find their event and circle this event to begin their record keeping. Model for the students what the events will be like and how to complete the table by conducting the following demonstration. Be sure to practice the demonstration before performing in front of students. : Show students a beaker partially filled with colored water (put one drop of food coloring in water in a beaker of 250 ml or more). Tell them you are going to make water defy gravity as it “walks a tightrope” from the beaker to the container. Hold the beaker, the floss string and the empty container as shown in the illustration. Slowly pour the water down the string. In your data table in the column called Demo, complete the rows in that column. You may want to do this with your students Once all teams have visited all stations, have students compare the results of different events. Assessment: Student should list 3 properties of water and indicate the evidence from this lab that illustrates that water property. Extension (optional if time permits): Students can investigate how soil absorbs water to explore adhesion and
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