Challenge your students to explore the concept of sink or float and then engage their creative minds using the items that float to build a ship for the 15 circus animals in the book, The Circus Animals by Chris VanDusen
Resource includes:
-visual picture and written directions for students
-response sheet to record prediction and responses
-visual for the lid of a plastic shoe box (the STEM bin)
- challenge card for building a ship
-scientific thinking poster
-ideas of vocabulary to incorporate while engaging with the students