2. Why teach this lesson?
• Developmental Profiles states that three year olds will be able to
name and match, at minimum, primary colors.
• According to Developmental Profiles, four year olds will be able to
climb ladders.
• Developmental Profiles also states that five year old understand the
concept of same shape and same size.
• This activity will give children the opportunity to engage in an
experiment involving colors and gravity.
3. What will they learn?
• The children will be able to conduct an experiment and discuss their
results.
4. What will you need?
• Pompoms
• paint
• butcher paper
• step ladder
• weighted cans
5. What to do!
• Explain that we are going to go outside and do an experiment involving
gravity.
• Explain that we are going to create splats by dropping pompoms with paint
onto paper.
• Ask which ones they think will make the biggest splat.
• Go over the rules of being outside.
• Go outside.
• The children can now drop the pompoms with paint onto the paper from
the ground and the stepladder.
• They will observe their splats.
• When the children are done, go inside and discuss what happened with our
splats.
