Ocean Experiments

In the slide show of Oceans you will see the youngest group of students working on two different experiments. We focused on the density of objects when placed in water.

Students made predictions about which objects would sink or float. Then they tested out their predictions by placing them in a bowl of water. We discovered objects that were heavier or "more dense" sunk and lighter objects or "less dense" of objects floated.

Next, students had to design and create a boat out of aluminum foil. Trick was that it had to hold the higgest amount of paper clips. First they drew a plan. Then we tested their boats design by placing them in a tub of water and gradually adding paper clips. Rachel G. seemed to have the higgest amount because we stopped counting at 400!