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This Density: Sink and Float for Solids lesson plan also includes:
Steal cubes sink, but steal ships float. Lesson explores the density of solids as well as the density of water in determining what will sink and what will float. A hands-on group activity helps pupils see that weight and volume are two very different things.
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Instructional Ideas
- After the lesson, challenge learners to use the clay that sinks and shape in a way that makes it float, then have them explain why the change worked
Classroom Considerations
- Requires tea light candles that have wax that completely fills the metal container
- Utilizes a projector to show animations of what is happening at the molecular level
- Lesson is the fourth in a series of six
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Pros
- Uses a 5E format
- Provides an additional extension idea after the typical one included in the lesson
- Offers discussion questions and ideal answers to help guide scholars in the right direction
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