3 Layer Liquid – Kids Science Activity
Preschool learning includes various pre k activities for educating children including a variety of science ideas, science experiments and lessons for teaching children new exciting things.
These activities for teaching science, can be fun and helpful for educating children as they discover new things.
For balanced learning, keep it interesting and incorporate a variety of new, creative learning ideas and simple science activities for the children.
It is sometimes the simple activities and things around us that we take for granted, which can be the most interesting, educational, and fun for teaching children.
3 Layer Liquid Activity & Weights Of Liquids
Learning about the different weights of liquids is a fun, simple activity to teach density, that will be fascinating for the children. You can use the ideas below and change it up where needed.
This Activity Requires:
- -One Glass Jar
- – Syrup
- – Cooking oil
- – Water
- – 1 grape
- – 1 plastic button
- – Small cork
How to Start the Activity:
1.) Pour 1/3 cup of syrup into the glass jar.
2.) Pour 1/3 cup of cooking oil into the jar.
3.) Pour 1/3 cup of water into the jar.
4.) Let the liquids settle for a few minutes.
5.) Drop the plastic, grape, and small cork into the liquid one at a time.
6.) Notice and record with the children which objects settled in which layers of the liquids.
*You can talk with the preschoolers/children and ask them open ended questions about what you are observing during this activity and record your results on chart paper.
The 3 layer liquid science activity helps to teach preschoolers about different weights of liquids and how some liquids are heavier than other liquids. When dropping in different objects of differing weights-you can observe how they move through the various liquids and stay floating in others.