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Curated OER

Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention lesson, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Polyhedra Book

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math worksheet, high schoolers are asked to read the book that focuses upon the creation and explanation of three dimensional shapes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Buoyant Force

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners investigate the scientific concept of why some objects float when put in a liquid solution. They apply the laws of motion and force while conducting classroom activities. Students also take notes and answer target questions to...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: Fluid Statics: Archimedes' Principle

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define buoyant force, state Archimedes' principle, understand why objects float or sink, and understand the relationship between density and Archimedes' principle.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Archimedes' Principle, Pascal's Law and Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners are introduced to Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and Bernoulli's principle through problems and engineering applications.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Archimedes' Principle

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Fluid Statics in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter provides a detailed discussion of Archimedes' principle, buoyant force, floating and sinking, and the role of density. Includes questions, problems and...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Taking a Bath Led to Archimedes' Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This video explains how the early Greek mathematician Archimedes discovered the principle relating density, volume, and displacement of water. [3:01] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Handout
Other

Aquaholic: Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of buoyancy and a definition of Archimedes' Principle. Problems are presented and solved using Archimedes' Principle.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Eureka! Or Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore material properties in hands-on and visually evident ways via the Archimedes' principle. First, they design and conduct an experiment to calculate densities of various materials and present their findings to the class....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Archimedes' Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The use of Archimedes' Law to solve buoyancy problems is explained. Includes links to simulations on Archimedes' Principle and buoyancy.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Floats Your Boat?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use modeling clay, a material that is denser than water and thus ordinarily sinks in water, to discover the principle of buoyancy. They begin by designing and building boats out of clay that will float in water, and then refine...
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Handout
World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Archimedes

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry provides an account of the life of Archimedes, a pioneer in the fields of mathematics and engineering.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock and Boat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Archimedes' principle in action in this challenge where a toy boat is placed in a container of water and a rock is placed on the floating boat. Students must explain why the water level rises/falls/stays the same based...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and the ideal gas law as a Cartesian diver moves within a closed system.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Floaters and Sinkers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Through this curricular unit, students are introduced to the important concept of density. The focus is on the more easily understood densities of solids, but students may also explore the densities of liquids and gases. Students devise...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Buoyant Force?

For Students 9th - 10th
A page that answers the question of "why the heck do things float?". Learn about Archimedes' principle and buoyant forces.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How to Find Volume With Water Displacement Method

For Students 4th - 8th
Tells the story of how Archimedes discovered the Archimedes Principle and his water displacement method for determining the volume and density of an object. Provides an explanation and several examples of how it is done.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Hydrostatic Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore hydrostatic pressure. Some topics examined in the activities are Pascal?s principle, hydrostatic pressure, and Archimedes? principle. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam...
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Buoyancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore buoyancy. Some topics examined in the activities are buoyant force, stability of floating objects, and Archimedes' principle. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions....
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Buoyant Force

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this Physics lab, learners learn about Archimedes' Principle. An object is submerged in water and vegetable oil and the buoyant force and height are measured at different levels. The slope of the graph Buoyant Force vs. Height is the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Computing Volume Progression 4

For Teachers 6th Standards
The purpose of this fourth task in a series of four is to find the volume of an irregular 3D solid by using Archimedes' Principle. Students must calculate the volume of the displaced water in a rectangular prism tank in order to solve...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Density in Relation to Float and Sink

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils find the densities of objects based on sinking or floating in this activity that demonstrates Archimedes Principle.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fluids

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module you will be introduced to a unit on fluid dynamics. Learn how an object's density relates to its mass and volume by completing various activities and interactives.

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