Children draw pictures of fantasy playground or water park slides and identify which parts of the slide are the steepest and fastest.
Draw a picture of an amazing slide.
Label your picture. Will objects go down fast or slow?
Materials
- Paper
- Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
- Optional: Photos of elaborate water park and playground slides
- Optional: A projector or iPad
- Optional: Video of a water park
Preparation
- Display water park and playground slides on the iPad.
Directions: Lesson 7
Learning Center
- Suggest that children draw pictures of fantasy slides for a big playground or water park. As you circulate through the Learning Center, encourage children to describe their pictures. Possible discussion ideas:
- Which part of the slide is the steepest? The gentlest?
- If you were sliding or rolling down the slide, on which part would you go the fastest? Where would you slow down?
- Offer to write labels for sections of the picture: for example, Very steep. Not so steep. You go really fast here. You slow down here. If children wish, they can dictate a sentence about the picture for you to write.
