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In one of this month's science classes we introduced to the students the concept of Sink and Float. At first, the kids didn't even know the difference between the two words. However, as the lesson progressed the students became more and more interested and thus wanted to learn more about Sinking and Floating.
New KAクラスで初めてのScience のlessonです。今日は、浮力について学びます。まずは”Sink or Float"の意味をKristianからしてもらうとどういうものなのか、こども達のなかでイメージができたようです。プールや海に行ったときに自分に起こった経験を話してくれました。



After teaching them about the concept I began a quiz with three items that I had previously prepared. We asked the students to think whether the items would Sink or Float. (Do you think it will sink or float?) The students responded by saying, "I think it will (sink/float)." Whichever was the most popular response we would take as the classes' answer.
自分の体は水に浮いて泳いだけど、いったいどんなものが”Sink”　で”Float"なんだろう？　みんなの　”？”　がどんどん膨らんできたようです。



The students then were asked to go outside and pick their own objects to try to see if they would Sink or Float. So the kids had to choose items to try while imagining whether their object would Sink or Float. They really loved the challenge.
クラスにあるものや、園庭にあるものを使って、初めての実験の開始です。みんなドキドキ、ワクワクしているようで、そわそわしているのがわかります。



When we returned to the classroom we tested the objects and tallied the kids responses. It was a close result with the students guessing 7 correctly and 6 incorrectly. The kids cheered because they had gotten more right than wrong. We look forward to doing more science projects in the future.



結果をチェックする姿も真剣な眼差しです。園でいつも拾って遊ぶ葉っぱや、花、小枝、クラスで使う鉛筆やおもちゃ、それぞれがこんなふうに浮いたり沈んだりするなんて、こども達には新しい発見になりました。水に入れるとあっという間に沈む（sink) もの、　ぷかぁと浮くもの（float) １つ１つに起こる結果にみんな声をあげて驚きます。



次はどんなScience lessonかな？　２０人の好奇心をくすぐるようなlessonをこれから行っていきたいと思います。


Kristian and Mitsuyo