Exploring STEM at home
Exploring STEM at home
Exploring STEM at home
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BATH TIME PLAY<br />
• Put different objects in the b<strong>at</strong>h with your child.<br />
Get your child to see if they flo<strong>at</strong> or sink. Ask them to<br />
guess wh<strong>at</strong> they think might happen before they try.<br />
Ask why some objects flo<strong>at</strong> and others sink. Talk about<br />
ways to make flo<strong>at</strong>ing objects sink, and sinking<br />
objects flo<strong>at</strong>.<br />
• Get your child to fill different objects with w<strong>at</strong>er and<br />
then empty them. Use cleaned shampoo bottles to<br />
squirt w<strong>at</strong>er. Squeeze the bottle when it is empty<br />
and full and talk about how th<strong>at</strong> feels. Squeeze<br />
the bottle under w<strong>at</strong>er and above w<strong>at</strong>er to see wh<strong>at</strong><br />
happens.<br />
Ask questions about wh<strong>at</strong><br />
happens when the b<strong>at</strong>h<br />
plug is removed.<br />
© Department of Educ<strong>at</strong>ion, Western Australia 2017<br />
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