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- Exploring properties of matter with submersibles
- This inquiry-based learning activity allows students to explore the relationships between mass, volume, density, and buoyancy as they manipulate various materials to construct a submersible “vehicle” for deep-sea research.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Miriam Sutton.
- Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine
- The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science)
- By Amy Koonce.
- Float, sink, flink!
- In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
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- Buoyant boats
- The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to design and construct a boat that takes into account factors such as buoyancy, the properties of materials, and design constraints. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Sink or float?
- This activity provides practice in using a wide variety of objects and categorizing them according to their various observable properties. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Give me a tall ship
- Students compare the similarities and differences of ancient and modern ships, including size, construction, building materials, and uses. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
