Students were introduced to the concept of buoyancy, when we started studying different types of transportation a few weeks ago. We looked at many different types of vehicles, aircrafts, sea vessels, etc. Students did a great job identifying all of the different forms of transportation and where we would see them in our daily lives.
Once we learned about all of the different forms of transportation, we started wondering how ships and boats are able to stay on top of the water, while smaller things sink to the bottom. We read an informational book related to buoyancy and watched an exciting brain pop jr. video... then we got to the fun part! Students used the information from our book and video to decide which items they thought would sink and which items would float..then we put our items to the test. While we had many correct guesses, there were also many surprises. Take a look below to check out some of our fun. Once we were completed our experiment, we made a cute graphic organizer to show which items sunk and which items stayed afloat. While everyone participated, I didn't do the best job of capturing pictures. :(
