Floating & Sinking

Toolkit Specialists: Kathy Jensen and Erin McDonald
Toolkit Writing Team: Lindsey Eshcol and Kathy Jensen

Lesson 1 What do we know about Floating and Sinking? Lesson 11 How Much do Objects Weigh under Water? Lesson 2 Making and Testing Predictions about Familiar Objects Lesson 12 How Much Does Water Weigh? Lesson 3 Which Things Float? Which Things Sink? Lesson 13 Dissolving Salt in Water Lesson 4 Measuirng Weight with a Spring Scale Lesson 14 How is Salt Water Different from Fresh Water? Lesson 5 Weighing Floaters and Sinkers Lesson 15 Constructing a Hydrometer Lesson 6 Making a Sinker Float Lesson 16 Working with Mystery Cylinders Lesson 7 Investigating Boat Designs Lesson 17 Post-Unit Assessment Lesson 8 Does Size Affect Buoyancy? Lesson 9 Measuring the Buoyant Force Lesson 10 What Happens to the Water?

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