Sample Science Lesson

Teacher: Savannah Krick

Date: Oct 3, 2022
Subject/ grade level: Science/4-5 grade
Lesson objective(s):
● In this lesson I will learn why objects float or sink
● In this lesson I will learn a working definition for “density”
● In this lesson I will experiment with different liquids and an egg to test density
Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs:
● Strategically place people in groups that I determine beforehand.
○ Dominic and Ayden
○ Pagiel and Nathan
○ Sophie and Amelia (Anabelle and a TA, or add her to Sophie’s group)
● 1st grade: have them focus on drawing instead of writing/work with someone who can help
them
● Struggling students: we will be working in partners during the experiment so that they can
work with someone who can support them and work together.
MATERIALS
PowerPoint presentation
Supplies for liquid column density demo
Supplies for egg and liquid density experiment
Worksheet for experiment
Dongle for the big screen
ENGAGEMENT
Management: teacher student game–they’re pros at it now! All I need is respect–respect the teacher
and pay attention. It’s for my sake!! My grade… please…

What is Density? | Science for Kids

● Ask: Have you ever been swimming in a pool and dropped a torpedo in? Did it float or sink?
● Have you ever thrown a pinecone off a bridge? Did it float away or did it sink like rocks do?
● What do you think we are going to learn about today?
EXPLORATION
Objectives
● “Today we will be learning about density!”
● “We will learn why some objects sink and others float”
● “We will have a chance to explore for ourselves whether some objects or liquids will sink or
float”
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Experiment
● Define words as needed on the powerpoint
● Do the main density experiment for the kids.
o Ask questions for each layer about whether they think it will sink or float
o Ask them to guess what the liquid is that I’m using
o **Let them take turns dropping a mystery object from a bag in?
o Draw the cylinder before hand and label on the whiteboard as I do the experiment
EXPLANATION
● Ask students’ perspectives
○ Did what you think would happen, actually happen?
○ Why do you think the bolt sank to the bottom? etc.
● Show a short PowerPoint presentation describing density, objects that are larger with less
density, objects that are smaller with greater density, etc.
● Check for understanding with a few true or false statements about density.
ELABORATION
● Model how to do the experiment
● Divide students into groups (pre-assigned)
● Students get to experiment with the density of an egg floating in water, salt water, and
another liquid.
○ Split students into two or three groups
○ Use the worksheet to first predict what will happen
○ Create the solutions, drop an egg into it
○ Draw the results if you want, but write at least one sentence
○ Flip it to the back and pick one substance to try. Oil, sugar, or oil, in the other glass.
● Come back together and discuss
○ What did you think would happen?
○ What actually happened?
○ Why do you think the eggs floated? or sank?
Say: Adding salt to the water squishes more molecules into the water. This makes the water more
dense.
● When there was no salt in the water the egg was more dense than the water and it sank.
● Adding salt to the water makes the water more dense than the egg which makes the egg
float.
● If you weigh a cup of saltwater and a cup of fresh water the saltwater will weigh more than
the fresh water even though it is taking up the same amount of space (a cup). This is because
the saltwater is more dense than the fresh water.
EVALUATION
Flip to the back of the last page and write at least one sentence describing WHY the egg floated
best, and which liquid floated best.
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