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Title Density and Buoyancy
Description Activity for exploring density of various objects.
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords Buoyancy, Density, Mass, Volume
Simulation(s) Density

Author(s) Milton Johnson
Contact Email smhsfyzix@yahoo.com
School / Organization Bioscience High School
Date submitted 10/5/10
Date updated 10/18/10

Comments

I like the way students are invited to explore by giving them a challenge. I feel like the students in HS could make their own tables, but maybe not if their experience with experimental design is emergent. Trish   4/18/11

why need to download? so annoying Joan   3/3/16

We are working on improvements to the website. While this work will take some time, hopefully it will eliminate these annoyances. Amy   3/7/16

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