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Sink or Float?

A sink and float experiment using nature.

Mess
factor

5/10

Time:

20 Minutes

You will need:

-A bucket / container to collect your treasures
-A container
-Water

Benefits

This experiment encourages your child to predict and test outcomes.

  1. Using a bucket or container, collect lots of natural objects that you can find in your garden, in a park, or woodland (for example: Rocks, sticks, Bark, Leaves, Flowers)
  2. Fill a container with water 
  3. Take each of your treasures one by one, and place them into the water – can you guess if they will sink or float? 
  4. If you hold a treasure under the water, will it rise back up? Do your treasures sink slowly or quickly?

Sedric says:

Do you know why things might sink, or float?

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