The Floating Golf Ball

Students explore density by floating golf balls. They explore having their golf balls float halfway in a container of water and discuss density and its realtionship to where the golf balls are floating. After adding food coloring, they compare how the golf ball floats in salt water rather than fresh water.

Concepts

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density, floating, freshwater, saltwater

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Additional Tags

density, floating, fresh water, salt water, science

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Resource Details

Grade

4th - 6th

Subjects

Science

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

45 mins

Instructional Strategy

Inquiry-Based Learning

Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 3.0