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NOAA

Noaa: Boat Building Challenge [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th
Read to find out about the first boat builders. Construct your own boat out of common materials to explore buoyancy.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buoyancy Brainteasers: Buoyancy Question

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive brainteaser from the NOVA: "Voyage of Doom" Web site challenges you to figure out what causes an object to sink.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Much Weight Can Your Boat Float?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you ever wondered how a ship made of steel can float? In this project you'll investigate how much weight boat hulls of various shapes and sizes can support without sinking.
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Rising Waters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A unique approach to determining size and weight of an object through water displacement: students are presented with a scenario along with a variety of balls made of different materials and pitchers of water. Working in small groups,...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Gas Mixtures and Molecular Speeds

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial helps students use Dalton's Law and mole fraction to calculate the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture. They will learn to calculate...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Finding Volume: Water Displacement Method

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the water-displacement method to find the volume of different rods that all have the same mass.
Lesson Plan
Other

National Science Digital Library: Smile: Aesop's Arithmetic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A cross-curricular lesson plan integrating Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher with an experiment testing the outcome of the fable using volume and displacement concepts.
Interactive
Other

Sim Bucket: Density Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Use water displacement and a mass balance to determine the density of various objects in this interactive simulation.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Density Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Use water displacement and a mass balance to determine the density of various objects in this interactive simulation.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Does Coke Float?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders predict if different types of coke will float or sink.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Tsunamis

For Students K - 1st
Learn the causes of tsunamis, what happens during one, where they appear, and survival tips.