Investigate objects that float and sink in water.

Students determine whether a liquid will sink or float in water by comparing its density to the density of water.

Students determine whether an object will sink or float by comparing its density to the density of water.

Predict and test everyday objects as to whether they sink or float.

Students sort objects according to whether they sink or float.

The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 passengers died as a result of the ship sinking. After the ship...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sinking of the submarine the Lusitania during World War I. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an idea that might keep the city of Venice, Italy from sinking. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Learners will investigate what determines whether a material will sink or float. They will be given a bowling ball and have to make measurements and conclusions on whether their bowling ball will float, hover, or sink when placed in an...

This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides a continuation of "Water Under the Sink" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Fishing Boat Sinks, Everyone Saved" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...

The tragic sinking of the Valencia off the coast of B.C. and the navigation improvements which followed are profiled. Archival photos and documents are included in the exhibit.

In this lab activity, learners use a chemical indicator (bromothymol blue) to detect the presence of carbon dioxide in animal and plant respiration and in the burning of fossil fuels and its absence in the products of plant...

In this experiment, you test whether two different bowling balls will float or sink, then determine the density of each of the balls to see if they are less than that of water.

This site provides a detailed account of the sinking of the Tuscania by a German U-Boat. Includes images and firsthand accounts of the attack.

In this activity, students carry out financial computations, involving annuity, and the future value of annuities. Students also deal with computations involving sinking funds.

An experiment in density where colored water, both hot and cold, are poured into containers of water at room temperature. Students will observe that the warm water rises and the cold water sinks due to their different densities.

This investigation introduces the concepts of volume, mass, and density and how they interact. Learners will make predictions of whether an object will float or sink after finding mass and volume of an object.

NorthPark University offers several informative paragraphs on the sinking of the Lusitania, a British cargo and passenger ship that was torpedoed and sank due to German submarine activity on May 7, 1915.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If My Bark Sink", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Sophia On and can access a printable version of this piece.

Text of a statement by William Jennings Bryan protesting the sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boats.

Through flashback, L.D.Cox tells how he survived the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II in this segment from History Detectives.

Students will learn about how the Earth's carbon cycle works, as they examine the relationship between levels of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere and the temperature of the ocean's surface. Includes online student...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Drabble does not come out well in this "New York Times" review. The critic's comments on Drabble's characters and discussion of the influence of Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens provide insight into...