Does it Float?

The boys were watching Curious George and George the monkey was building a boat to see if it would float for a contest. After the show, there is always a segment of real children trying out what George did. So we decided to do it too! We gathered up random supplies that we didn't need, boxes, old cottage cheese containers, plastic strawberry containers, straws, skewers, paper plates, bubble paper, random lids, construction paper, stickers, and masking tape. And the boys went to work. They used their creativity to each create something very interesting. Then they guessed whether their boat would float. Jaxton guessed that his would float AND sink. Cooper guessed that his would float. So we filled up the master bathtub and let the boats go....

Jaxton had a cottage cheese container taped upside down, so yes, this part floated. However, he missed that the strawberry container had holes all around the bottom and it started filling up with water. So he was right, it floated AND sank! Cooper put his box boat right on top of the water, and yes, he was right too, it floats! They were so excited about their boats that they started finding other toys and objects to experiment with. They would guess whether the object would float or sink and then throw it in the tub to see what would happen. It was a lot of fun experimenting!