Inflate a Balloon Science Lesson Plan

Teachers can use this science lesson plan to explore changing matter with young children. This lesson plan includes a questioning sequence to extend children's thinking. 

File Balloon Inflation with Baking Soda and Vinegar Science Lesson Plan.docx

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

PK.PS1.01b Demonstrate an awareness that matter exist in different states (i.e. solid and liquid) and that matter changes as a result of changes in it’s environment.

PK.ETS1.01a Use senses to gather, explore, and interpret information.

PK.ETS.1.01b With modeling, prompting, and support, record and organize data using graphs, charts, science journals, etc., to communicate conclusions regarding experiments and explorations.

PK.ETS.1.01c Make predictions based on observations and prior explorations.

PK.PS1.01a Describe and categorize objects based on their observable properties

References

Contributors: 
Katie Donald
Josephine Appleby