TRANSPORTATION:
Objectives:
1. Name
and identify 4 different kinds of boats.
| Speedboat | Rowboat | Cruise ship | Sailboat |
Materials:
Who Sank the Boat?
by Pamela Allen, large pocket chart, sentence strips and picture cards,large
plastic storage containers, water, aluminum foil, modeling clay, plastic
bear counters,
prediction
sheet ditto.
Procedures:
Set:
*Use pictures of different
kinds of boats to name and identify orally as a group.
Development:
*Listen to the story Who Sank
the Boat? by Pamela Allen, and make predictions as you read.
*Use sentence strips on a
pocket chart: Was it the ____? NO. Use picture cards that match the story
in the blanks. Read orally as a group and spell "NO" each time.
*Use a mouse finger puppet
to say: "I'm as tiny as can be, but I sank the boat....how can that be?"
Brainstorm ideas how the tiniest animal in the story could sink the boat.
*Use picture cards and place
the pig in the middle on the pocket chart. Let them decide and place cards
of what animals weigh less, weigh more, etc...
Closure:
*Use a tub of water and plastic
sailboats/tugboats in small groups to explore and float boats.
*Add plastic bear counters
to each boat to see how many bears it will hold.
*Individually construct a
boat that floats from modeling clay or aluminum foil. Test it in the water
one at a time so everyone can see everyone else's design.
*As children are constructing,
the teacher will use a digital video camera to record the final products.
*Students will record their
prediction and actual number on the ditto. They need to add one bear at
a time to their boat. Circle that number on the ditto. second blank
(prediction was in the first blank).
*Orally discuss and compare
class results about how the construction of the boat made a difference.
Assessment:
*Construction of a floatable
boat.
*Recording of data.
Supplemental
Activities:
Cooking Activity:
"Banana Boats"
Materials needed: bananas,
red and green seedless grapes, pineapple chunks, toothpicks, paper plates,
lemon juice and sugar in a small spray bottle.
Directions:
*Children need to peel one
banana and throw the peel in the garbage and place the banana on their
paper plate.
*They need to sequence a red
grape, a pineapple chunk and a green grape on each toothpick.(4 to 5 toothpicks
each.)
* The fruit on the toothpicks
are the "sails" for the banana boat. Have them angle the banana with the
ends aiming up and stick the sails into the banana where they wish.
*Spray the banana boat with
the lemon juice/sugar mixture .
*Enjoy eating your snack!
