Floating and sinking/teaching approach

This activity supports a number of learning types:

• small group work - investigation conducted by small groups reporting back to the class
• whole class dialogue - discussion of each situation open-ended questions – why did this happen? what do you think causes this movement?
• peer assessment – do peers agree?
• project work – linked in with the rest of the activities in this OER, topic work in design and technology, literacy, numeracy…
• enquiry-based learning – initial presentation to the class can be framed as a problem for them to solve; co-enquiry – children working collaboratively
• arguing and reasoning – persuading each other about their explanations
• exploring ideas – developing understanding of key scientific principles