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- I'm Jackie.
I care for six children in my home, ages three to five.
And this is a picture of her river and she said that,
she says, "My river has curves."
We are exploring water right now, and we have been
documenting our investigations by drawing pictures,
making charts, writing down kids' observations
and taking photographs.
Today we're going to predict which objects can float
and which objects can sink.
We created a chart so we could have a record
of their predictions.
Can you find the gorilla?
And then our prediction is that the gorilla is going to...
float.
(gasps)
- It sinks!
- Why?
- Because it's big.
So the prediction was that it was going to float.
You think that was the right prediction?
- No.
-- No.
- Sink.
- So were you right with your prediction?
Yes.
What made the ball sink?
- It's too heavy.
- Oh because it's too heavy.
The chart helped us compare our predictions to our results.
- It floats!
- So everybody come over here.
We went outside to make streams of water and build dams.
Can you come?
I took pictures of what the children built.
The next day, I showed the kids the pictures
as part of our discussion.
Remember what we were doing over here?
What were we building here?
- A dam.
-- A dam.
What materials did we use to build a dam?
- Wood.
- This was a wonderful opportunity to reflect
on what they had done and to make new plans
for improved water channels and dams.
What do you think we can use to build the dam?
- Wax, and mud and water.
- Documenting our children's work and reflecting
on what we have done has made our science exploration
just a little bit more deeper and thoughtful.
And I really feel good about that.