Sink or Float Predict and Test
Kindergarten sink or float chart: guess and test eight objects including a rock, cork and sponge, then count how many sank and floated. Answer key included.
Kindergarten Sink or Float Worksheets
Kindergarten sink or float worksheets: predict and test everyday objects in water, sort pictures, count the results and build a foil boat.
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Sink or Float worksheets to download
Sink or Float Picture Sort
Kindergarten sink or float picture sort: cut and glue 12 pictures into two columns, then circle the one that floats in four pairs. Answer key included.
Will It Float? Yes or No
Kindergarten will it float worksheet: circle YES or NO for ten objects, then draw one thing that sinks and one that floats. Answer key included.
Sink or Float Results Graph
Kindergarten sink or float graph: color one box per object in a picture graph, then answer how many sank, how many floated and which has more.
Foil Boat Challenge
Kindergarten foil boat challenge: fold a boat, count the pennies it holds, then draw a better boat and circle what changed. Sample answers included.
Sink and Float Word Match
Kindergarten sink and float vocabulary: match sink, float, heavy, light and test to pictures, then finish four sentences with a word bank.
Curriculum objectives covered
K.MD.3
“Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.”
K.CC.5
“Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.”
L.K.5a
“Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.”
L.K.6
“Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.”
K.CC.6
“Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.”
K-2-ETS1-3
“Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.”
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