LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

Name:Sheri Johnson
Description of Activity: Marbleized ggs! )pening *#estion+Invitation+,rop+-inger ,lay:
.as anyone ever seen different colored eggs/ .ave yo# seen eggs that are one color or more than one color/ Sho0 a hard&boiled egg to the children1 as2 them 0hat they thin2 0ill happen to this egg if 0e p#t it in colored 0ater/ "al2 abo#t 0hat color the egg is no0 and 0hat the shell feels li2e(

Site: Imagination Station Child Care

"ype of Activity: Science Age gro#p: $% & ' yrs( old N#mber in gro#p: ' Concepts 3 S2ills:
Children 0ill describe 0hat the oil does 0hen it!s p#t into 0ater( Children 0ill predict 0hat 0ill happen to the egg( Children 0ill assess 0hy the egg comes o#t of the 0ater 0ith marbleized coloring( *#estions to as2: 4hat does the oil loo2 li2e 0hen it is in the 0ater/ 4hat do yo# thin2 0ill happen to the egg 0hen 0e p#t it in the 0ater and oil mi5t#re/ 4hy do yo# thin2 the egg comes o#t of the 0ater 0ith s0irly coloring/

,roced#re:
Ahead of time fill a c#p half 0ay 0ith 0ater1 add a fe0 drops of food coloring the c#p( Cover a table 0ith ne0spaper6 have the remainder of the materials needed at the table( .ave the children come to the preschool table( ,o#r a tablespoon of oil in the c#p6 gently stir their 0ater( Sho0 the children the egg6 as2 the children 0hat do yo# thin2 0ill happen to the egg if 0e p#t it in this mi5t#re/! listen to their responds( Immerse the egg 0hile s0irling it aro#nd1 then remove it and pat it 0ith paper to0el( Display the egg and disc#s the marbleized res#lts

Materials Needed: -ood Coloring+ bright color gg dipper 4ater Clear disposable c#p .ard&boiled egg 7egetable oil "ablespoon ,aper "o0el Ne0spaper ,lastic stir stic2

,erformance Standards: Cognition and General Knowledge C(8 Scientific "hin2ing C( 9(:: .ypothesizes and ma2es predictions C( 9(': -orms e5planations based on trial and error1 observations and e5plorations

,otential ;#idance "echni<#es Needed:

.elp the children notice ho0 the oil floats on the s#rface of the 0ater( 4hen stirring the colored 0ater 0ith the oil in it1 direct the children to notice the oily s0irls( 5plain that possibly beca#se there 0ere s0irls in the oil1 perhaps that!s 0hy the color comes o#t s0irly(