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1. • • If something has a density that is less than the density of the water, the object will float. And if something has a density that is greater than the density of the water, the object will sink.
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   Why do students float and sink?

   • Floating and sinking provides opportunities for students to observe how everyday objects behave in water and to investigate the factors that determine whether an object will float or sink.

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   What determines if an object floats or sinks?

   • The weight of an object determines whether it floats or sinks – light objects float and heavy objects sink. Soft objects are more likely to float than hard objects. Objects that float have air inside them. Floating objects must sit wholly above the surface of the liquid. If two objects weigh the same, they will both float or both sink.

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   Why do students think objects float?

   • In addition, students have everyday experiences and ideas that conflict with scientific explanations of FS (Potvin et al., 2015). For example, many students think that objects float because they have air inside or that objects sink because they are heavy (Yin et al., 2008).

   Teaching and learning floating and sinking: A meta-analysis

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   What should students do if they float or sink in water?

   • At this level it is appropriate for students to experiment with a variety of objects to see if they float or sink in water. They should be encouraged to identify common characteristics of objects that float and those that sink. Students can try submerging a ball in a bucket of water in order to feel the upward push of the water on the ball.

   Floating and sinking - Department of Education and Training Victoria

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   What happens if a object floats in water?

   • If something has a density that is less than the density of the water, the object will float. And if something has a density that is greater than the density of the water, the object will sink. There are two forces acting on objects in water: – the weight of the object being pulled down by gravity

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   Why do different objects float at different levels in the water?

   • Different objects float at different levels in the water because as most regular objects are lowered into the surface of water, the upward push of the water steadily increases until it is in balance with the weight force of the object, and the object then continues floating at this level with the two forces in balance.

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3. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › articlesWhat is buoyancy? - BBC Bitesize

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   Find out what buoyancy is and why things sink or float with a Bitesize 2nd level Science Explainer.

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   Students commonly believe that: heavy objects sink and light objects float regardless of their size, shape or the type of material used to make them. a true floating object must be wholly above the surface of the liquid. all objects that float must contain some trapped air and that is the only reason why they float.

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   If something has a density that is less than the density of the water, the object will float. And if something has a density that is greater than the density of the water, the object will sink.

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   Oct 11, 2022 · Floating and sinking provides opportunities for students to observe how everyday objects behave in water and to investigate the factors that determine whether an object will float or sink.

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   Jun 30, 2011 · Why do some things float and some things sink? Whether an object floats or sinks depends on its density. Density is how tightly packed the material inside an object is. Just because something is heavy does not mean it will sink. For example, ships are very heavy but not very dense, so they float.

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   Floating and sinking. If the upthrust is less than the weight of the object, the object will sink. If the density of the object is greater than the density of the fluid, the object can never...

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    Oct 11, 2023 · To predict which objects float or sink, students need to know a rule like Archimedes' Law. To explain why an object floats or sinks they must combine knowledge about gravitational force and buoyancy force in an explanation.