Objective: Students
will use critical thinking skills to formulate a hypothesis. Resources: Teacher: A deep bowl or wide-mouth jar, water,
a wooden block, balance scale, masking tape.For each Group: A deep
bowl or wide-mouth jar, water, orange.
Procedure:
Divide the class
into teams.
Hand out materials.
Demonstrate for
the class that floating objects displace (push out) as much water as
they weigh.
-Fill a large container with water halfway.
-Mark level of water with masking tape.
-Place wooden block in the water.
-Remove water from container and place in balance pan. Continue this
until level of water is back to level mark.
-Remove block from water and place in balance pan opposite water.
-Water and black should balance.
Discuss the results.
Instruct students
to place oranges in their containers that are filled halfway with water.
Have students remove
peeling of orange and try floating it.
Have each team
tke the orange apart and try floating each section.
