TITLE: Things That Float and Things That Don’t
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David A. Adler/ Anna Raff
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Inc. PUBLICATION DATE: 2013
AWARDS: Booklist 2013 Lasting Connections, Science; NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2014; AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, 2014 Finalist, Children’s Picture Books
GENRE: Nonfiction/ Informational READING LEVEL: age 8
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Book introduces the science concept of Density through exploration and activities that allow a hands and visual approach with simple experiments. This book will help children understand why large objects such a boat can float and a penny as small as it is can sink.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will practice the scientific method by conducting experiments. They will predict if an object will float or sink using a clear container with water. Teacher can use objects like pennies, pencils, marbles, foam, rubber duck, ping pong ball, etc. To add a challenge to some students teacher can also have the students predict if an orange with a peel will sink or float and if an orange without a peel will sink or float. Students are to record data on a data table.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: ( Nancy Guerrero, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: Science, nonfiction, educational
