Floating Objects Teaching Resources :: 361

TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Down With the Clip!

For Teachers 4th - 8th

Students see how surface tension can enable light objects (paper clips, peppercorns) to float on an island of oil in water, and subsequently sink when the surface tension of the oil/water interface is reduced by the addition of a...

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Physics Games

Physics Games: Amigo Pancho

For Students 9th - 10th

Game that involves removing objects so that a pair of balloons can float to the sky while avoiding cacti and other sharp objects.

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Physics Games

Physics Games: Amigo Pancho 2

For Students 9th - 10th

Game that involves removing objects so that a pair of balloons can float to the sky while avoiding cacti and other sharp objects.

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Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Buoyant Bubble [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th

Learn about density in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what makes an object float or sink. [PDF]

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: Gravity & Inertia

For Students 3rd - 5th

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of gravity and inertia, and how they work together to keep objects from floating off into space.

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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clay Boats

For Teachers 7th - 9th

Each student uses a small quantity of modeling clay to make a boat that will float in a tub of water. The object is to build a boat that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking. In the process of designing and testing their...

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