Summary
A short Sesame Street segment about testing which things sink and which float. Quick enough to open a science block and concrete enough to anchor what comes next.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This segment is about testing which things sink and which float.
- What did you notice first?
- What did the characters find out?
- What questions do you still have?
- Where could we look outside to see this ourselves?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: observe, describe, notice, question.
Try it: Draw what you saw and label two parts of it.