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Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats
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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.
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Fluid Mechanics
- Statics of Fluids
= Density and Buoyancy
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Best practice
= Lesson/Lesson Plan
= Project
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Keywords:
Archimedes Principle, Lesson Plan, PBL, Problem Based Learning, Project Based Learning, Sinkers and Floaters, buoyancy, cooperative learning, density, fluids, standards-based lessons
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Metadata instance created April 15, 2008 by Jason Von Eschen
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November 16, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
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March 31, 2008
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American Association for the Advancement of Science. (2008, March 31). Science NetLinks: Buoyant Boats. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/buoyant-boats/
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