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- 3rd - 4th
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Students explore buoyancy by watching a Bill Nye video and participating in experiments. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students design a simple boat and predict how much weight it can carry. They should also discover why objects float or sink and how this can be determined experimentally. A great lesson on buoyancy! Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the concept of buoyancy. The Video used in this lesson demonstrates and explains the characteristics of objects that sink and float. It presents the concepts of displacement, weight, and buoyancy. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students use materials found at a resource table to design simple devices that will house instruments to take water samples from a tub of water. They design 3 instruments, each varying in density so that one will float, one will hover and one will sink. The work in teams and each member contributes to the design. After experimentation, they share designs with the rest of class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students discover fluid dynamics related to buoyancy through experimentation and optional photography. Using one set of fluids, they make light fluids rise through denser fluids. Using another set, they make dense fluids sink through a lighter fluid. In both cases, students record beautiful fluid motion. The natural beauty of fluid flow opens the door to seeing the beauty of physics in general. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate the concept of buoyancy using clay to design a boat that will float in spite of its density. They experiment with different designs to find out which will how the most weight without sinking. They continue to experiment until they discover Archimedes principle. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the qualitative and quantitative properties of matter. In gorups, they identify various objects in regards to their volume, mass, and buoyancy. They design and build a boat that floats and holds coins. They discuss how different factors work together to make the boat float. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine characteristics of salmon fry and other characteristics used to classify organisms in biology. Students practice classifying aquatic and land organisms in an activity with 10 pictures of each, conduct a buoyancy experiment, examine aquatic life found in a pond sample, and explore the impact of runoff. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate how the density of water changes the buoyancy of water. Students create a hypothesis about what will happen when placing the egg into the water.Students can research online different bodies of water (The Red Sea, The Atlantic Ocean, The Dead Sea, etc.) to find out about there salinity, density, and buoyancy. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students look at clippings of boats. They are able to define the following terms displacement, and density. Students construct a clay boat. After they complete their clay boat students answer questions about their clay boats. Full Review »
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