Pbs Learning Media: Density and Buoyancy: Making Eggs Float

Will a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. [4:22]

Watch warm water float on top of cold water in this video segment adapted from ZOOM. [3:22]

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. [2:06]

See the sun like you have never seen it before! Using a specialized telescope, NASA developed images of the sun created from a wide range of wavelengths of light. Each wavelength is represented by a different color making a beautiful...

Learn about magnets, magnetic forces, and how magnets make things move.

Watch this series of videos highlighting different types of weather. Learn how four factors- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds- are present in different types of weather. Included in this resource are teaching...

Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby describes the systems that work together to keep us alive and talks about how to keep our bodies healthy and strong. [1:42]

Observe how sunlight affects materials on Earth's surface in this media gallery. Students will make observations to use as evidence that sunlight warms Earth's surface as shown in the time-lapse video of an egg cooking in the sun....

Through the Ready To Learn (RTL) Initiative, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and local PBS stations provide free, evidence-based educational resources that help teachers, caregivers, and parents build early science...

Learn about different landforms and water bodies and the various characteristics that make them distinct from one another in this lesson plan from WGBH. Navigate around a virtual island to unlock information -- including videos and...