1. Water Drop Count Activity
Donna Davis
EDEC 321 – Integrating Education Technology in Classroom
Professor Natalie Thomas
June 16, 2014

2. State Objectives
 Students will be able to count individual water
drops developing math counting skills.
 Students will be able to manipulate a medicine
dropper to drop water into a film canister.
 Students will be able to create a chart or graph to
calculate their peers water drop count.

3. Methods, Media, and
Materials
 Easel
 chart paper
 film canisters/cups
 medicine droppers
 water
 computer

4. Require Learner Participation
 The lesson will begin by singing a counting song – One, Two,
Buckle My Shoe.
 The students will then be given instructions and a demonstration
about the activity.
 The teacher will place the medicine dropper in the cup of water
and then squeeze the top to hold water in and then release the
water by dropping single drops into the canister.
 At the release of every drop the students will count.
 Students will respond by keeping track of water drop counts and
then record count on the chart paper.
 Tally marks will be used to record totals.

5. Activity Instructions
Class today we are going
to count water drops.

6. Activity Instructions
We are going to use the
water dropper to squeeze
water drops into a cup.

7. Activity Instructions
I will first demonstrate
it for you, so pay
closeattention because after
the demonstration
you will use the dropper
to squeeze the water
drops into the cup.

8. Activity Instructions
At the release of every
water drop, you will count.

9. Activity Instructions
Lets
Begin!…

10.  Place the dropper in your hand.
Water
Dropper

11.  Place the dropper into the container of water and
squeeze the dropper. Make sure the water goes into
the dropper.
Water

12.  Then, move the dropper over the cup.
CUP

13.  Next, squeeze the dropper to release water drops, one
by one. And, begin to count.
1
CU
P

14. 2
CUP

15. 3
CUP

16. Now it’s
your turn to
try!