Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fluids: Archimedes Principle and Buoyant Force

9th - 10th
Learn about the existence of an upward force on an object equal to the weight of the fluid displaced while that object is submerged in a fluid with this video. This video will introduce students to Archimedes' principle and buoyant...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Physical Science: Buoyancy

9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing buoyancy straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this brief tutorial. [1:00]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Testing Liquids

1st - 8th
Will a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. [4:22]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Experimenting With Club Soda

Pre-K - 1st
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. [2:06]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Blimp Float?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how the air displaced by a blimp causes a buoyant force that gives the blimp lift. (30 secs)
Instructional Video
PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: The Way Things Move: Water Levels

Pre-K - 1st
Join these children as they discover what happens when rising water can move objects. [1:26]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Buoyancy

9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how buoyant forces allow objects to float.
Instructional Video
Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: Molluscs: Nautilus Regulates Its Buoyancy

9th - 10th
A nautilus' shell, when x-rayed, reveals the many chambers, which the nautilus uses to regulate buoyancy as it moves up and down in the ocean. Observe this process with this video! [1:54]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hot Air Balloons

3rd - 8th
Watch kids use the scientific method to figure out why hot air can lift things. Discover how a hot air balloon works.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Pour Air Into Water Experiment

Pre-K - 1st
This video segment adapted from ZOOM offers a clever demonstration of buoyancy by showing how to pour a cup of air into a cup filled with water. [1 mim, 42 sec]