The World - Sinking and floating

 Reception have been very interested in testing materials this week, and discovering whether certain things float or sink. 

We have been reading the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers and exploring the WOW words which are in the story:

discover, searched, floated and ignored

Some children chose to make a boat for the boy and the penguin.
They tested different materials in the water tray to see what would sink, and what would float. 

Esther said "Miss it's floating because it's light. The paper got too soggy so it sinked."

We then made a list of what materials sunk to the bottom and what floated on top.

Can you test some materials at home, and send in photographs through 2Simple Evidence Me?









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