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\nThe Tech Challenge 2016 lessons\n

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\nChallenge young flight engineers to design a flying device for Ant-Man, balloon crafts with neutral buoyancy, paper airplanes from different paper types, hoop gliders, and a launcher for ping pong balls. Although designed for the 2016...\n
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\nTeachEngineering: Floaters and Sinkers\n

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\nWhy do some objects sink while others float? That’s the question young engineers tackle in a unit module of two lessons and three activities. With some help from Archimedes (and his principle) and the principle of buoyancy, scholars...\n
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\nThe Physics of Fluid Mechanics\n

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\nIn this collection, Pascal’s law, Archimedes’ Principle, and Bernoulli’s Principle aid young engineers in understanding the physics of fluid mechanics. Armed with the knowledge of how forces are applied to fluids, scholars design...\n
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\nAdrift in a Sea of Plastic\n

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\nThe Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are awash in plastic. The four lessons in the “Adrift in a Sea of Plastic” module challenge young environmentalists to design a solution to eliminating these plastic trash islands. After researching causes...\n
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\nFloating Fishes: How do Fishes Control Buoyancy?\n

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\nPlaying with balloons, water, oil, and bottles help put this lesson over the top! Participants use air-filled balloons in water tanks to experience gas compression. They also use oil-filled bottles to experiment with buoyancy. Included...\n
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\nBuoyancy: Integrating Science and Literature\n

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\nIntegrate science and literature by using the scientific method to test the veracity of the floating peach described in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach. Clips from a Bill Nye: The Science Guy episode about buoyancy frontload...\n
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\nSimulating Microgravity with Buoyancy\n

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\nHow do astronauts know how to live and work in a weightless environment? It doesn't come naturally! Junior physicists conduct experiments to examine the link between buoyancy and microgravity. Each activity illustrates a different aspect...\n
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\nBuoyancy\n

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\nSwimmers know to float by turning their bodies horizontally rather than vertically, but why does that make a difference? In an interesting instructional activity, scholars explore buoyancy and the properties of air and water. They test...\n
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\nHow a Sailboat Works: Hull Speed and Buoyancy\n

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\nHow can you determine the maximum speed of a sailboat? A sailing presentation included with a straightforward lesson plan prompts learners to calculate the maximum speed of a sailboat with a displacement hull. The...\n
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\nBuoyancy\n

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\nThis is a brief survey of the states and properties of matter directed toward upper elementary physical scientists. Solids and liquids are compared. Density and buoyancy are related. Use this presentation just prior to demonstrating...\n
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\nArchimedes' Principle of buoyancy\n

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\nStudents use the internet to research Archimedes' principle of buoyancy. In groups, they summarize the principle and share it with the class. They also participate in experiments in which they test the principle and share their results...\n
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\nBuoyancy: Who Sank the Boat?\n

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\nStudents examine whether objects will sink or float.  In this buoyancy lesson students bring in objects and experiment to see if they sink or float.\n
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\nDesigning an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV): Concepts in Lift, Drag, Thrust, Energy, Power, Mass, and Buoyancy\n

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\nEngineer an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to study concepts of physics. Using household materials, collaborative groups design and build an AUV and then test Newton's Laws of Motion as they apply them in underwater environments...\n
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\nBuoyancy Quiz\n

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\nNeed to demonstrate buoyancy to your class? Rise to the occasion with a video from Veritasium! The narrator demonstrates how a golf ball behaves in dish detergent and saltwater, then adds the detergent to the saltwater for a surprising...\n
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\nExploring Buoyancy\n

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\nYoung scholars 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...\n
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\nBubble and Boyle\n

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\nEven middle schoolers still enjoy experimenting with bubbles! They execute a series of experiments enabling them to distinguish between convex and concave surfaces, explore the properties of buoyancy, surface tension, and density,...\n
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\nDescartes' Diver\n

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\nPique interest in water pressure, demonstrate buoyancy, and explore water displacement concepts with a homemade Cartesian diver. You may want to change the name of the toy, however, as is is not documented the Rene Descartes...\n
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\nHow Fish Maintain Neutral Buoyancy\n

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\nIn this buoyancy worksheet, students read about neutral buoyancy and that the downward force of gravity is equal and opposite to the upward force of water. They answer four critical thinking questions about buoyancy.\n
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\nBuoyancy and Viscosity\n

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\nSome of these beautiful diagrams should help your students understand the connections between pressure and flight. Pressure and density are also discussed, and a number of links are included to give fantastic interactive examples of...\n
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\nNatalie Morales: Float\n

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\nNatalie Morales performs a simple experiment to show what the word float means by placing a pumpkin in water. This video could be used as an introduction to a science experiment on buoyancy. It would be fun to have your class experiment...\n
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\nBuoyancy Bulls-Eye\n

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\nWhy does a seastar sink, but a jellyfish float? Through a fun investigation, learners examine the concept of buoyancy using simple household items. The challenge: create neutral buoyancy for an action figure in water. With ample...\n
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\nSink or Float: Exploring the Laws of Buoyancy\n

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\nYoung scholars explore the relationship between density and buoyancy. After watching a video explaining buoyancy, students discuss displacement and floating. Young scholars have a raft building competition. Afterward, they conduct...\n
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\nGrand Designs And Great Failures\n

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\nStudents extend their understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design and testing of ships. students discover that most ships are constructed very similarly-whether they are schooners or destroyers.\n
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\nShips 3: Grand Designs And Great Failures\n

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\nLearners engage in this, the third in a three-part series on ships. The overall lesson series is designed to allow students to extend their understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design and testing...\n
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