Section outline

  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING... Great Kiwi summer by researching and investigating the science behind car and road safety, water safety and sun safety
    • We are EXPLORING... Great Kiwi summer by analysing different situations and classifying which safety concepts to apply

    Kia ora year 7s and welcome to week 3 and 4! For these weeks we will be investigating the science of flotation and look at how to stay safe in water.

    Success Criteria: 

    • I can define buoyancy, density and displacement
    • I can identify different objects that float and sink
    • I can explain why objects float or sink
    • I can create a boat that floats
    • I can discuss how the science of buoyancy is used to create water safety devices
    Activities:
    1. Buoyancy brainpop
    2. Buoyancy fill-in-the-blanks (literacy)
    3. Build a boat experiment
    4. Safety device research tasks