Centre: Salt water vs
normal water
This is the teacher directed activity.
There will be two jars located on the
table, one will be labelled sea water,
and the other will be labelled normal
water. Plastic objects will also be on
the table.
The teacher will ask children
 “What looks different about
each water jar?”.
The teacher will tell children which
jar is saltwater and which one is
Explicit / Intentional Centre: Ocean slime
Teaching:
Mat session:
Teacher rings the tambourine and
gains student’s attention by saying
“Stop look and listen.” Ask
children to come and take a seat on
the mat and make sure that they
can all see me clearly. Tell
children today that we will be
looking at the water in the ocean.
Children will have the opportunity
Introduction: to play with ocean slime. Multiple
Read to children the book ‘Under piles of ocean slime will be placed
the Sea’. on the table. There will also be
plastic sea animal on the table.
Key statements to say while Children have the opportunity to
reading the book” explore with ocean slime and place
Page 2: “This is the ocean. The sea creatures onto it.
ocean water is making waves!”
While reading the book, discuss
with children that the ocean water
is saltwater.
normal water.
Key questions to ask children after
“Can anyone remember what type of reading the book:
water is in the ocean water?”  “What is the ocean water
doing here (show them the
Ask children to guess which water jar page where the ocean was
will allow the car to float in. making the waves)?”
Demonstrate to children, ask them if  “In the story, what did we
the car is floating or sinking. see in the water?”
 “Can anyone remember what
Tell children they can place objects in type of water is in the
the water and see if it sinks/floats. ocean?”

Assessment will be done at the

saltwater jar.

Ask children
 “Did your --- (child’s object)
float or sink in the salt water?”
 “Can you remember what type
of water is found in the ocean?
Is it normal water or salt water”

The teacher will have the assessment

sheet of paper and assess children.
Centre: Ocean waves in a
jar
Children have the opportunity to
make ocean waves (just like in the
book how there were waves in the
ocean). There will be 4 plastic jars on
the table, which will be tightly sealed.
Inside each jar will be located blue
coloured water. Children move the jar
from side to side, exploring that the
ocean water makes waves in the
ocean.
Conclusion: Centre: Sensory ocean
tub
Teacher calls children back to the
mat by ringing the tambourine.
Ask students to find a spot on the
mat sitting in a circle. Assist the
children to get into a circle by
singing the “let’s make a circle
song”. The teacher will go around
the circle and ask students
 Which was your favourite
activity?
 Why was it your favourite Children will be able to explore a
activity? sensory table focused on ocean
water. There will be blue water
beads inside the tub to represent
the water. Also located in the tub
will be a variety of sea animals.
Children can place their hands in
the ‘water’ and explore what it
feels like.
 Objective/s: Centre: Painting the
1. Identify one object that can ocean water
float in sea water
2. Identify what type of water is
in the ocean

Children have the opportunity to

paint their own ocean water. On
the table will be located white
sheets of paper, dark/light blue
paint, paint brushes and printed sea
creatures. Children will paint their
ocean water with the blue paint,
then place the sea creatures onto
their page.

Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)
The educator will be assessing if students can identify if sea creatures can float on sea water or normal water and if they can
identity that sea water is found in the ocean This will be recorded through creating a template for anecdotal notes. This will
have children’s name on it with a space for comments to be written down.

Example of assessment and recording

Bella was able to identify that her shark floated in the salt water. She was able state that the ocean water is salt
water.

Highlight one or two outcomes specifically connected to your objective/s.

The outcomes that specifically connect to our objectives include:
 Children are confident and involved leaners
 Children are effective communicators

References:

Milbourne, A. (2012). Under the Sea. (2nd e.d.). London, UK: Usborne Publishing Lit