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This lessson plan for grades 3-5 has students design and construct boats to test their buoyancy. The lesson is designed to help students understand both buoyancy and Archimedes Principle.
Included is a printable student activity for testing and comparing the buoyancy of boats. This is part of a larger collection of lessons, all of which are aligned with specific AAAS Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6866">American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats. March 31, 2008.</a>
AIP Format
American Association for the Advancement of Science, (2002), WWW Document, (http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/).
AJP/PRST-PER
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats (2002), <http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/>.
APA Format
American Association for the Advancement of Science. (2008, March 31). Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats. Retrieved April 29, 2024, from http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/
Chicago Format
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats. March 31, 2008. http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/ (accessed 29 April 2024).
MLA Format
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats. 2002. 31 Mar. 2008. 29 Apr. 2024 <http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{
Author = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
Title = {Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {29 April 2024},
Month = {March 31, 2008},
Year = {2002}
}
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