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Which pieces of fruit float ? Which pieces of fruit sink ?

Which pieces of fruit float ? Which pieces of fruit sink ?

Which pieces of fruit float? Which pieces of fruit sink? This Power. Point contains:

Which pieces of fruit float? Which pieces of fruit sink? This Power. Point contains: Slides 3 to 11: A presentation of 7 pieces of fruit – apple, strawberry, lemon, pear, grape, kiwi, lime – using indefinite articles and answering the question: What is it? Slides 12 to 21: Kim’s game – observation game to practise the fruit vocabulary, answering the question: What’s missing? Slide 22: A classification table, where learners to place fruit nouns into the correct vowel or non vowel column, using the correct indefinite articles (an or a). Slides 23 to 26: Making predictions: ask learners to predict whether the different pieces of fruit will sink or float - recording their answers in a table – and using 2 sets of adjectives to justify their answers (small/big -light/heavy). Slides 27 to 31: Experiment/ Conclusion: Learners complete the experiment by plunging the items of fruit into water and check their predictions. Introduce the concept of density, and, to go further, additional elements affecting floatability (volume, shape, mass, air…)

fruit

fruit

What is it ? It’s an apple. © Power. Language™ Ltd

What is it ? It’s an apple. © Power. Language™ Ltd

What is it ? It’s a strawberry.

What is it ? It’s a strawberry.

What is it ? It’s an orange.

What is it ? It’s an orange.

What is it ? It’s a lemon.

What is it ? It’s a lemon.

What is it ? It’s a pear.

What is it ? It’s a pear.

What is it ? It’s a grape.

What is it ? It’s a grape.

What is it ? It’s a kiwi.

What is it ? It’s a kiwi.

What is it ? It’s a lime.

What is it ? It’s a lime.

Kim’s game What is missing?

Kim’s game What is missing?

Kim’s game: What’s missing ? Look carefully …

Kim’s game: What’s missing ? Look carefully …

What’s missing ?

What’s missing ?

an orange

an orange

Kim’s game. Look carefully …

Kim’s game. Look carefully …

What’s missing ?

What’s missing ?

a strawberry

a strawberry

Kim’s game. Look carefully …

Kim’s game. Look carefully …

What’s missing ?

What’s missing ?

an apple

an apple

Vowel or not ? Place the fruit in the correct list ! Complete the

Vowel or not ? Place the fruit in the correct list ! Complete the 2 lists with using the correct indefinite article Vowel an apple No vowel a kiwi

Your predictions In your opinion, which pieces of fruit will float ? and which

Your predictions In your opinion, which pieces of fruit will float ? and which pieces of fruit will sink ? For example : Will a strawberry float or sink ? A strawberry will float. A strawberry will sink.

Your predictions In small groups, list your predictions and complete the table with a

Your predictions In small groups, list your predictions and complete the table with a cross (X). Fruit float sink an apple will a grape wi. Il an orange will a kiwi wi. Il a lemon ? ? a lime ? ? a pear ? ? a lime ? ?

Your predictions : The X sinks or floats ? Why ? because… - it

Your predictions : The X sinks or floats ? Why ? because… - it is small ? - it is big ? big small

Your predictions : The X sinks or floats ? Why ? because … -

Your predictions : The X sinks or floats ? Why ? because … - it is heavy ? - it is light ? high light

Which pieces of fruit float ? Which pieces of fruit sink ?

Which pieces of fruit float ? Which pieces of fruit sink ?

The experiments – your observations Your conclusion - Get in to small groups. Find

The experiments – your observations Your conclusion - Get in to small groups. Find a large container (a bucket for example). Fill the large container with water. Place the fruit, one at a time, in to the large container. Look carefully and fill in the table.

The experiments / your observations Your conclusion Place the fruit in the water and

The experiments / your observations Your conclusion Place the fruit in the water and indicate the results in the table with a cross (X). Fruit floats sinks Fruit An apple, it A grape, it A strawberry, it A kiwi, it An orange, it A lemon, it A lime, it A pear, it floats sinks

Why ? Explanation Different factors : 1. density The yellow lemon is less dense

Why ? Explanation Different factors : 1. density The yellow lemon is less dense than the water. The green lime is more dense than the water.

Why ? Explanation There are other factors to consider, for example : volume mass

Why ? Explanation There are other factors to consider, for example : volume mass shape air