Skip to content
PlayOwl

Science · Pre-K

Ask a Testable Question

Children discover that some questions can be answered by trying something (Will the apple float?) while others are answered by asking someone (What is your friend's name?). They make a prediction, test which things sink or float, and tell honestly what happened, even when the result surprises them.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 35 minutes
  • Testable questions check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer and sort into groups
Try it now (no account) One of the five free starter courses Open in PlayOwl

What learners will discover

  • Tell a question we can find out by trying (testing) from a question we find out by asking someone.
  • Make a prediction, a thinking guess, before a test.
  • Test whether objects sink or float and tell what happened, even when it differs from the prediction.

Lessons

  1. Questions we can test 4 steps2 practiceabout 12 min
  2. Predict, then test 4 steps1 practiceabout 12 min
  3. Tell what really happened 3 steps1 practiceabout 11 min
  4. Testable questions check 4 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Body ExplorerTap, match and label your way around the amazing human body.
  • Seasons and SkiesFrom days of the week to Earth's tilt: dress for the weather, read the sky and discover why seasons happen.
  • Science QuizzesOlly's Science Quiz Show: plants, animals, the body, weather, space and more, for every grade.

More pre-K science

Guide for grown-ups