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Ships 3: Grand Designs And Great Failures Lesson PlanShips 3: Grand Designs And Great Failures Lesson Plan
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Ships 3: Grand Designs And Great Failures

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

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6th - 8th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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