- Anchors Away!
- As Far As I Can Sea
- Bounce
- By All Indications
- Create a Crater
- Fossil Puzzler
- Get Cooking
- How's the Weather?
- Impact!
- It's All Relative
- Keep It Up
- Layers of Earth
- Let's Get Carried Away!
- Look Out Below!
- Motion In The Ocean
- Play Ball
- Sand Shake
- School of Rock
- Shaky Ground
- Smoke on the Water
- Super Soaked Soil
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Watching Weather
- Weathering Cubes
- What Lies Beneath?
- What Am I?
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Hands-on Activity
Sink or Float
Summary
In this activity, students will investigate the densities of different fluids by observing whether hard-boiled
eggs sink or float in two different fluids.
Overview
Topic: Density
Real World Science Topics:
Real World Science Topics:
- An exploration of the densities of different liquids
- An exploration of how objects float or sink in liquids of different densities
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of the densities of salt water and freshwater. They will also
observe how density affects whether objects will sink or float in a liquid.
Activity Difficulty Rating: 4 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.
5-MINUTE REFRESHER
TAKE FIVE
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