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Forces – floating and sinking

Activity 1: Float or sink?

Gather a few items from around your house and garden. Observe these items carefully – think about
the material they are made of, how big they are, how heavy they are, etc. Think about what you
already know about floating and sinking. For each item, make a prediction as to whether it will float
or sink and explain WHY you think that.

Activity 2: Can you find..?

Can you find:


Something heavy that floats? Something light that sinks?
Something metal that floats? Something metal that sinks?
Something hard that floats? Something soft that sinks?
Something with holes in that floats?
Something large that floats? Something small that sinks?
Something without air in that floats?

Activity 3: Plasticine boat

Make a ball from plasticine and drop into water.

What happens?

Now try to change the shape of the plasticine so it floats on water.

Can you add some ‘passengers’? (Use Lego bricks, marbles or small stones)

How many passengers can you add before the plasticine sinks?

Can you adapt the shape so even more passengers can be added and it still floats?

What shape can carry the most passengers without sinking?

Why do you think this is?

Activity 4: Density tower

Resources needed:

Golden Syrup

Water

Tracy Tyrrell
Cooking Oil

Large, Tall Jar

(You can also experiment with adding honey and corn syrup and even an ice cube!)

 Add each liquid slowly and carefully to avoid mixing.

Which liquid is the most dense?

Which liquid is the least dense?

 Try dropping in solids and observing where they settle.

What does this tell you about the density of the solid?

 Can you predict where you think a solid will settle? What makes you think that?

Links to further activities:

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/26087/climate-change-floating-gardens

Can you make a floating garden that will beat flooding in Bangladesh? A hands on activity from
Practical Action showing students show to make a model of the floating gardens used in Bangladesh
to adapt to the effects of climate change. Instructions on how to build a model of a ‘floating garden’
using very simple material and more information on the project are provided.

https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/colorful-sugar-density-tower/

Rainbow water density tower

https://www.science-sparks.com/make-an-egg-float/

How to make an egg float

Tracy Tyrrell

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