Water Flows Downhill
Emily, Kindergarten Teacher
Children will experiment with different containers to see if water flows up or down.
- Containers of water
- plastic wash tubs (rectangular)
- large wooden blocks
- sponges and towels (for spills)
- blue crayons
- Which way was the water going?
- Can you get water to move uphill?
- Will it stay there?
- Let's see what happens when we pour our water.
- Have children work in small groups.
- Use wooden blocks to raise one end of the wash tub. Pour water into the tub at the high end. Observe how it flows.
- Have the children try to figure out how to get the water to move uphill.
- On a prepared worksheet, have the children show the movement of water by tracing the flow with a blue crayon. My worksheet has a hand drawn picture of an inclined wash tub, a water faucet, a sprinkler, and a stream running through mountains, very simply drawn.
- Which way did your water move?
- Did anyone find a way to get their water to move uphill?
- Did the water stay up?
- Why do you think water always moves downward?