Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Sesame Street: Science

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of interactives, videos, and documents on a variety science concepts.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's the Matter: A Sinker or Floater?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore matter that sinks or floats when submerged in water and that matter is categorized as either a sinker or a floater. Students will work actively in small, cooperative learning groups as well as gather in a whole...
Unit Plan
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Buoyancy

For Students 1st - 7th
Ever wonder why/how things float? This concept is called buoyancy. Take this interactive journey to learn and understand how and why certain materials float and others sink to the ocean floor.
Activity
Center of Science and Industry

Cosi Columbus: Buoyant Bubble [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about density in this hands-on science experiment. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what makes an object float or sink. [PDF]
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balloons & Buoyancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying buoyancy will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment using various balloons and testing what makes them float or sink.
Activity
My Science Site

Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Help students brainstorm and find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Student will learn to define what density is as they engage in this creative lab. This resource is in PDF form; requires Adobe Reader.
Activity
Middle School Science

Mss: Density Demonstration: Coke vs. Diet Coke

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this demonstration, students will brainstorm to find a solution as to why Diet Coke floats and Coke sinks. Through this exercise students will arrive at a definition of density.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Clay Boats

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Each student uses a small quantity of modeling clay to make a boat that will float in a tub of water. The object is to build a boat that will hold as much weight as possible without sinking. In the process of designing and testing their...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Beneath the Sea: Blowing Ballast

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the use of ballast to manipulate buoyancy in submarines by building a model of a submersible using two-liter bottles and balloons. Describe the balance of forces that is responsible for the surfacing and diving of submersibles.

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