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Which Objects Will Sink or Float? Lesson PlanWhich Objects Will Sink or Float? Lesson Plan
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Which Objects Will Sink or Float?

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First graders work in cooperative groups and utilize a variety of materials to test objects ability to sink or float. In this sink or float activity, 1st graders discover why some object sink and others float. Students will graph results of their experiments to use for comparison.

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floating, sinking and floating

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float, sink, science
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1st
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Science
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