Summary
A 90-second live-action clip from "Peep and the Big Wide World": real children explore how moving water can push and carry things along. A quick, concrete demo to pair with a circle-time investigation.
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All ages
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"Making Rivers" invites young scientists to explore how moving water can push and carry things along.
- What did the moving water do to the things in its path?
- Which way did the water carry them?
- How could you make the water move faster?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: water, flow, current, push, carry.
Try it: Float a leaf or cork in a stream of water from a hose or a tilted tray. Watch the current push it downhill.