Interactive
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.
Activity
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]
Unit Plan
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.
Activity
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...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Archimedes' Law

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Archimedes Law: displacement and buoyant force and why some objects float.
Handout
NASA

Nasa Space Place: What Is the Kuiper Belt?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Defines the Kuiper Belt and discusses who it is named after and some of the objects floating in the belt.

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