{"id":1383,"date":"2023-10-31T09:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2023-10-31T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:48:13","slug":"puddle-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/10\/31\/puddle-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Puddle Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>6 ways to complete an in-depth puddle investigation-<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1386\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/10\/human-child-girl-blond-preview-728x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/10\/human-child-girl-blond-preview.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/files\/2023\/10\/human-child-girl-blond-preview-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>How deep is the puddle?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>March right in and measure with your feet\/legs\/boots<\/li>\n<li>Use a nature measuring stick (learn how to easily make your own)<\/li>\n<li>Use conventional measurement tools like rulers, metric sticks<\/li>\n<li>Record your results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>How big is the puddle?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a ruler, yard stick or metric stick to measure the length of your puddle<\/li>\n<li>Use a long string to form an outline of the puddle and then measure it to find the circumference of your puddle<\/li>\n<li>Record you results.<br \/>\nIt is fun to track the differences in the puddle stats over time so keep a record of daily or hourly changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>What shape is the puddle?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>If your puddle is on a hard surface like a sidewalk or driveway you can draw around the puddle with chalk, but if your puddle is in dirt or mud, use a stick to draw around the shape of the puddle<\/li>\n<li>Look at your puddle from above, from beside and from inside the puddle<\/li>\n<li>Draw the shape of your puddle in your journal<\/li>\n<li>Use words to describe your puddle\u2019s shape<br \/>\nKeep checking &amp; drawing your puddle shape. Does the shape change over time? What does it look like when water is gone? Will a puddle form here again?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Who uses the puddle?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Predict what critters might use your puddle<\/li>\n<li>What would they use the puddle for? (drinking, bathing, splashing fun?)<\/li>\n<li>Keep an observation guide to record which critters were in or near the puddle and how they were using the puddle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Does the puddle have a current?<\/strong><br \/>\nMake a boat from bark, nuts &amp; other natural materials, create a foil boat or make one from recycled plastic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Sail your boat in the puddle<\/li>\n<li>Can you get it to sail from one side of the puddle to the other?<\/li>\n<li>Observe the natural boat movements (without humans touching the sailboat)<\/li>\n<li>What forces make the boat move?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>Problem Solving: How can you get water out of the puddle?<\/strong><br \/>\nLet learners brainstorm and figure out a way to get the water out of the puddle-<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Have some materials handy in case learners need it for their plan (sponges, cups, pipettes &amp; a variety of materials for exploration)<\/li>\n<li>Rubber boots and stomping is a really fun way to get the water out!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nature-based Stick Rulers<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find a nice straight stick (a straight stick is best for measuring)<\/li>\n<li>Line up your stick next to your ruler and use clippers to cut the stick 12 inches long<\/li>\n<li>Add lines at each of the inch (and if you would like half inch) marks with a permanent marker or by carving notches into it using a ruler as a guide<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Get your child excited about measuring!<\/h2>\n<p>Take your child on a hike with their new ruler stick and let them stop and measure things along the way (build those math skills!). Perhaps even add some literacy to their hike by bringing a notebook and recording all their measurements.<\/p>\n<p>Id\u00e9a taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/learningwithoutdoors.com\/learningactivities\/puddle-scientist\">Puddle Scientist \u2014 Learning withOutdoors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 ways to complete an in-depth puddle investigation- How deep is the puddle? March right in and measure with your feet\/legs\/boots Use a nature measuring stick (learn how to easily make your own) Use conventional measurement tools like rulers, metric sticks Record your results How big is the puddle? Use a ruler, yard stick or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/2023\/10\/31\/puddle-scientist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201dPuddle Scientist\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/scienceed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}