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Water Experiment
Investigate water displacement
Materials
- Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher"
- container
- pebbles or marbles
- toy water pitcher
- tray
- water
Directions
Your children will enjoy this simple demonstration of water displacement.
- Experiment: Fill a container almost to the top with water, and place it on a tray (or in the tub or sink). Have your children gradually add pebbles or marbles to the container until the water overflows.
- Make a connection: Using a toy pitcher, act out Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher." (You can find a book of Aesop's fables in your local library.) Turn your finger into a "crow" by drawing eyes on a knuckle and a beak on the fingernail. Say: A thirsty crow found a pitcher of water sitting on some pebbly ground. Unfortunately, the water was too low in the pitcher for the crow to reach. How could that clever crow solve the problem and get a drink? Encourage children to think about the experiment they just did, and to suggest or act out solutions. After you've talked about it together, finish the story.
Take It Further
Help children continue experiments with water displacement using sponges, measuring cups, and spoons.
Based on an activity in Play and Learn with Arthur, Volume 1
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